Chapter 27: "Come back with us, Layla."

Layla’s pov.

Damien is surprised when I come to him.

There’s a tinge of disbelief leaking into his purple eyes and he looks away almost as fast as he looks at me. The next time he looks at me, there’s a determined glint there now.

I can almost imagine the words running through his head right now.

~An Alpha does not cower.

An Alpha does not feel shame.

An Alpha does not feel regret, or remorse.~

I find myself feeling a bit sad for Damien, just a brief flash of pity before it’s gone. The memory of the rejection comes back again, but with that memory comes a lot of other memories.

Memories I had locked up before, not wanting to let them surface.

I remember how hard his father was on him. He and Alek.

I remember how he would be the one bearing the brunt of most of the pain. How he would protect Alek, and how that turned his expression stonier, his heart colder.

I can’t say I understand who Damien is right now, but I know a bit of who he was, and that might have shaped who he is, so as b