As the bastard daughter of the Beta, Layla Fabrini has always known her place in the Sanguis Pack. She is used to flying under the radar, but all of that changes when she discovers her fiancé's betrayal with her half-sister. Suddenly, Layla becomes the target of cruel bullying and vicious attacks that almost cost her her life, until the pack’s enigmatic Alpha, Hector, steps in to save her.…My mouth filled with saliva, moistening, and I felt the air around us go taut with a specific type of tension that always found its way into all of our encounters.Not trusting myself to use words, I nodded in answer to his question and a dangerous glimmer lit up his eyes, causing the hairs at the nape of my neck to stand up in warning.“Prove it, then,” he told me, and I blinked.“Excuse me?”“Prove that you mean it when you say you will submit to every command I give you.”
View MoreInstead of words though, what came pouring out from my lips were heart wrenching sobs so intense they made me double over as I clutched at my chest.Almost instantly, Hector drew closer and placed his hands reassuringly over me. Even without me saying it, what happened to my grandfather must’ve been
Layla’s POVWhen it was all far behind us, I would look on the trip back home from Quebec and realise that I remembered almost nothing about it. I found it surprising for several reasons, the least of which happened to be the fact that my mother and I were together for the first time in well over f
Layla’s POVI could feel my frown deepen as soon as we locked eyes.The old man was smiling, and as soon as this sight registered I felt something in me burn hotter than my fear. It was anger.Could he not see the situation we were in, and how dire things looked right now?I wanted to hurl the words
Layla’s POVMind Workers? I thought, finding it hard to wrap my head around the concept of human (and more importantly, Hunter) Mind Workers. But the truth of my grandfather’s words landed with a dull thud at the pit of my stomach as I lined up the facts in front of me. The both of them moved with
I shut my eyes before the harsh glare blinded me, and for a few moments my body worked tirelessly to return my pupils to a state in which they could function. My grandfather too did the same, and after those few seconds, the two of us started to move in tandem.Going down the same way would be a dea
The questions poured out one after the other, but I could already feel her body start to vibrate with agitation and knew it would only be a matter of moments before we had a full-on meltdown on our hands.“Who–Who are you?” she asked in a voice that was low, breathy and scratchy from disuse. I could
Layla’s POVThe words were immediately enough to jumpstart me out of my shock. I flew forward towards the pod, and immediately started to run my fingers down its edges in the hopes that I would find something—a button, a lever—that would make the lid pop open.“We could just break it, you know,” I m
It would only be for a moment, I rationalised as my hold slipped, and then I was flooded by a wave of adrenaline so sharp it made me stumble. Blindly, I reached for the wall and braced myself, and then with a start I realised that I wasn’t blind at all.I could see to a certain extent at least, make
Layla’s POVIn silence, we left the parking garage, trudging up the lined gravel pathway to the massive Fraser Pharma building that loomed in front of us. It had a series of shiny corrugated metal roofs that lent the entire structure a menacing air, and the closer we got to it, the tighter my hands
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