Lyla POV:I groaned as I clutched my head. I was sure I hadn't gone partying to be waking up with a massive hangover like headache. The last thing I remembered was Alana going batshit crazy on me regarding me being a wuss for my feelings towards her brothers and Jax, then me going to the forest, but then nothing. I spread my hands out, and the feeling of silk sheets grazed my palms, making me jolt up.I was supposed to be in the forest, so why was I in someone's bed?And second, these sheets were damn impressive. Like damn, some high quaility silk, I'll have to ask Lars to buy me a couple. I was broken out of my thoughts when the smell of cedarwood filled my nose. The same smell I had come to love over the past few days: Cameron and Samuel. Butterflies fluttered in my tummy, my uneasiness completely gone when I realized I was probably back at their place. However, the butterflies didn't last long and completely died when I looked up and caught eyes with their furious ones. If looks co
Lyla POV:The heat of desire swirled within me, stoking a burning need that demanded satisfaction. Every twist of my hips sought to create the friction I so desperately craved. I felt wild, untamed, my very core pulsating in a rhythm that mirrored my accelerating heartbeat.Suddenly, the sharp hiss of fabric tearing filled the air, snapping my focus back. Breaking away from the intoxicating depth of Samuel's lips, I tried to gather my bearings, to make sense of the maelstrom of sensations enveloping me. But Samuel, with a relentless hunger, trailed burning kisses down my jawline, lingering at my neck. His lips there felt like a brand, each nip and suckle drawing forth throaty moans from deep within me.My gaze drifted downwards, and there, in the midst of this heady dance, I found Cameron. Positioned between my thighs, his eyes—intense, predatory, and dark as the midnight sky—were locked onto mine. A teasing smirk graced his lips as he dragged his nose over the delicate lace of my pan
Lyla POV:It had been two days since I had spoken to Lars and Jax about breaking off the mating. To say they were speechless was an understatement. They didn't say anything for a solid ten minutes. I heard them breathing but no words, and when the deafening silence finally ended, it wasn't Lars who spoke up but rather Jax. His words still lingered in my mind.'I always had a feeling when the time came, you would want that, Lyla. You were young when given the proposition of being my chosen mate, and because of your feelings back then, it seemed like the right choice for you but let me tell you honestly, it wasn't. We were taking something so special away from you without giving you the option to explore it first. I fully support you, my love. No hard feelings, just know if you don't find your mate, I'll always be here waiting for you with open arms.'And then he left the call. I was shocked when he said all those things. I truly thought he would call me out on wasting his time or that
Lyla POV:I had successfully dodged the twins up till now. No thanks to Alana, though. It was as if the she-devil was adamant about having us cross paths. I didn't understand this girl at times. On one side, in the beginning, she hated when her friends were with her brothers, and now she's like team Lyla and the twins—maybe being cooped up in the castle for so long until now had done a number on her. I chuckled at the thought but pushed it away. I had other things to worry about, such as my dwindling grades. I would rather have overdue assignments than the current C's I was harbouring in four of my seven classes. But worse was that even though I was passing the academic portion, I wasn't sure if I was passing the warrior training portion. I hardly showed up to class, and on top of that, I didn't have my wolf, which meant I was slower than the rest.I didn't even know my grade in the course because every time I decided I would ask either Cameron or Samuel, my mind became hazy, and all
Lyla POV:Crap! Crap! Just my freaking luck!After the sneaky little time the twins and I had in the closet back in the academic building, I had fallen asleep from the utter bliss coursing through my body at the time. What was great at the time, but I was paying the consequences for it now. Cameron and Samuel had dropped me off in my room in my sleepy state, leaving a note telling me I should be in class and on time. Otherwise, they would have to punish me. And to add to the note, they added a damn winky face at the end, which totally meant the punishment they were looking at would not be deemed ethically appropriate by the code of conduct of Maxwell Academy. Not that I was complaining but damn those two. They had to know I would never get to class on time. They just needed an excuse to be touchy-feely.However, that wasn't why I was running as fast as a hyena with my tongue practically hanging out my mouth. Those two dimbwits didn't even bother setting the alarm or waking me. Hell, e
Lyla POV:Four Days To Lyla's Birthday"L... L..." I heard a hushed whisper right next to me. In that moment, I couldn't be bothered. I was wrapped in a mental fog of utter bliss, reliving the electrifying encounter with the twins from last night. The way Cameron's muscular arms had held me captive, pinning me down, as Samuel devoured me—Goddess, every facet of them, from their lips to their touch, was sheer perfection. They were perfect."Lyla,"The voice hissed again, poking me, but I swatted the hand away. My mood was unbreakable, sacred even. I had only four more days of this euphoria to soak up; after that, the future was an abyss of unknowns. Four days… The words from last night echoed back to me, 'Four more days, we want it to be special.' Could they be waiting for my eighteenth birthday to fully claim me?My mind whirled at the thought. The academy was teeming with potential mates; what if I found mine here? If the twins and I crossed that final boundary on my birthday and my
Four Days To Lyla's BirthdayLyla POV:A deafening silence hung in the air, so dense it felt like we were all drowning in it. The tension was a palpable entity, as real and as terrifying as a predator stalking its prey. My brothers' faces were masks of disbelief transitioning into fury, and Jax's eyes were a tempest of disappointment and a deeper sadness I couldn't quite place. Cameron and Samuel remained inscrutable, their royal poise not betraying a sliver of emotion. Yet, I sensed a simmering tension under their composed façades.It was Lars who broke the silence, his voice icy and tight."Would you mind explaining what the hell is going on here?"The weight of the world seemed to press down on my shoulders, heavy and unforgiving. How could I even begin to explain the unexplainable? The emotional chaos, the magnetic pull I felt toward two men who had just walked into my life, and the friction it was causing with the family I had loved all my life?"I was just taking a walk," I star
Three Days To Lyla's BirthdayLyla POV:I blinked open my eyes, and it took a moment to realize that the canopy of leaves above me was not a ceiling, and the earthen floor under my feet was not carpet. I was in a forest, but not just any forest—it was ethereal, ancient, almost sacred. Towering trees stretched as far as the eye could see, their thick branches woven together like the intricate stitches of a grand tapestry. Ferns and wildflowers adorned the ground, their petals shimmering with the light that broke through the arboreal ceiling.But my eyes were immediately drawn past this natural grandeur to a structure that seemed both out of place and perfectly at home in these surroundings—a castle, grandiose and awe-inspiring. Unlike the werewolf castle I'd seen before, this one was the epitome of majesty, verging on divine. It stood tall, almost touching the sky, its spires glinting like golden arrows aimed at the heavens. Marble columns, intricate bas-reliefs, and gemstone-encrusted