This made Tiffany gasp again as she glared at Xander. “Tell me this isn’t true.” “I have my reasons,” he seethed. “Get him out of my face,” she ordered, glancing at Ethan who nodded. “Gladly,” he said, taking out a pair of silver cuffs. I was expecting Xander to fight Ethan as he put the cuffs
Lila’s POV “Hey, Lila Bean. How are you feeling?” “Dad!” I said happily as my father walked into the hospital room. I wasn’t expecting him to be here, but I was so glad he was. He came over to my bedside and wrapped his arms around me, holding me in a tight embrace. “I’m okay. Still feel a littl
Dr. Ryan nodded and then turned his attention to me. “Drink plenty of water and get some rest,” he ordered me. I nodded. “Thank you,” I said to him. Once he was gone, my father grabbed the clothes the nurses had washed for me and brought them to me. I was currently wearing a hospital gown that I
Lila’s POV “Where’s Alpha Enzo?” My father asked as soon as he saw Ethan. I was completely frozen and unable to move as I looked up at Professor Xander. His eyes never left mine and I saw a hint of humor in his gaze. His smile sent an alarming chill down my spine, and it took everything I had not
“I know more than you do… beta,” Xander said in a low and threatening tone with blood pooling in his mouth. Looking at him made me sick. “Tell us who sent you and your death will be quick and easy,” I said, stepping toward them. “And if I don’t tell you?” “Then I’ll make sure you feel every agon
Lila’s POV Once Enzo and I had spoken, I was finally able to sleep. He was returning as a professor, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little worried about it. I was nervous that somehow, we would be found out. I mean last time he was my professor we weren’t planning on a future together.
It wasn’t something I wanted to think about right now. Soon, Enzo and my father joined us in the kitchen with their plates of food. “Dinner smells delicious, Dee,” Enzo said, sitting down beside me and giving me a gentle kiss. I knew he had just showered from the calm and soapy smell of his body.
Lila’s POV Enzo shut the door behind us as we entered his small house just outside the student campus. The faculty lived in a separate neighborhood where all the houses basically touched one another. Enzo got the house in the farthest corner, closer to the forest, so he was more hidden. I had snuc