Groban POV
I found myself pacing back and forth trying to think of what to do, when suddenly I heard a knock at the door, my eyes shot up and I immediately hurried to go and unlock it, too my relief I saw Ward standing there. I let out a sigh of relief, I knew he would come looking for me eventually, it had been two days and I hadn’t left the cabin at all.
Laya had fainted in my arms two days ago and hadn’t woken up since then, faint groans would escape her lips every now and then and I had tried countless times to wake her up but she just wouldn’t open her eyes.
I would have gone to fetch Ward sooner but I was too scared to leave her alone after what had happened with Dax. I hated him for what he had done, he had no right to touch Laya and even though we were brothers, we were nothing alike.
“How is she?” Ward asked as he stood shaking the rain from his jacket before coming inside, there was a deep concerning frown spread across
Laya POV I felt myself slowly waking up from a warm dream, in my dream all I could smell was him and I wanted to drown in it. Smiling softly as I thought about this my eyes fluttered open as a small gasp escaped my lips, Groban was lying right in front of me which startled me somewhat. We were face to face with each other and all I could feel was this incredible warmth begin to glow right through me, a feeling I had never ever felt before. Was this truly real, was he really here, right in front of me. Staring into my eyes as a smile spread across his face, I instantly felt that all familiar spark of electricity pulsate through my belly drawing me in to him, taking in a breath a small moan escaped my lips, “Mountain dew,” I breathed and his eyes widened as surprise and astonishment washed over him, “How did you know that?” feeling slightly surprised myself at his question my brows furrowed for just a second, “Know what?” “Mountai
The following morning Groban woke me up really early, by early I mean somewhere around 4:30 am, it was still dark out and winter was nearing so the chill in the air alone kept me closest to the fireplace when I wasn’t in Groban’s arms. He quickly got me dressed in long black leggings, a pair of black combat boots, a blue long sleeve t-shirt and a grey denim hooded jacket that fit me snuggly. Looking up as I stood before him in the kitchen he quickly slid a mustard color beanie onto my head as he gave me a once over clearly satisfied with the outcome, “This should do,” he nodded to himself more than to me. I could see he was apprehensive of taking me out with him but there was something else, he seemed distracted and edgy in a way that I hadn’t seem from him and I wondered why that was. Eventually I just couldn’t take it anymore so I did the most obvious thing, “What’s wrong?” He immediately froze as his jaw clenched but he didn’t dare meet my stare, “
Laya’s POV Groban lead us back toward the brothers clan boarders, back to the village, and with each passing step I felt myself reluctant to go back there. Right now he wouldn’t look at me, he wouldn’t even speak to me, instead we just kept walking with me following behind him in a state of unwitting silence. I guess he felt annoyed that I hadn’t shifted when he had tried so hard to get me to do just that, I had so many questions and they needed answers first before I allowed myself to shift into anything I didn’t truly understand. The entire exhibition seemed pointless as we made our way back without even a deer to show for us being out here in the first place, lifting my hand to touch my neck a spark shot through the place where Groban had marked me and I let out a small gasp. How did Groban know so much about my kind, and how had he been able to mark me like that. I could feel it now, it was as though I had this insane connection with
Groban POV I must have fallen asleep after I sat back against the wall watching her sleep. In the next moment my eyes shot up as if an energy yanked at my soul, I instantly saw her sitting straight up with her yellow eyes pinned on mine. Her gaze was concentrated, deliberate, concerned and confused all at once. And all those emotions were directed straight at me as her eyes pierced my own. We sat like that for a while not saying a word, when eventually a thought must have gone through her mind as she sighed with her eyes were drawn down toward the rug as she idly sat staring at her hands clutching onto the fur, “It wasn’t a dream was it?” Still staring at her with concern on my face I merely shook my head, “No,” Nodding she frowned as she closed her eyes, “I shifted,” “Into a white wolf,” I answered her. I was still shocked and amazed at this revelation myself at this point. She wasn’t just a hybrid but instead, a white wolf com
Laya POV Crouched down beside Groban, I held onto the dagger he had given me as I waited patiently. My breathing was low and I kept my focus in the same direction as Groban, he closed his eyes as he sniffed in the air before slowly opening them again, “Can you smell that?” He whispered so softly if I didn’t have excellent hearing I would have surely missed it. Taking a whiff of the surrounding air I finally picked up the scent he was referring to, it had been three weeks since Groban told me the truth about what he really was, and in that time he had taught me to channel my senses instead of suppressing them like I had my entire life. “I do,” I whispered back. Having his body this close to me would always end up in my senses going completely crazy, tingles and sparks ignited and all I wanted was him. Suddenly the air shifted and a different smell filled the air, turning my head in the direction it was coming from I breathed in sl
Groban POV Groban POV Storming into my cabin with Laya right behind me I immediately felt the onset of infuriating anger toward Dax, who the fuck did he think he was. He was my half-brother, but not by blood. He was a narcissistic asshole with a chip on his shoulder the size of his ego, and I would like nothing more than knocking that smug grin off of his fucking face. The way he looked at Laya made me seethe inside, I knew what it meant, he hadn’t let it go and I knew full well the moment my back was turned he would try it again. I wanted to believe that Lay could defend herself against him, but that would force her to have to shift and she was still learning how to be a hybrid, how to control her wolf. She wasn’t ready to take on Dax and the rest of the clan, I had never enjoyed being part of this clan but I knew it was for my own protection that I was here. My uncle would never suspect the wolf hiding amongst the sheep, and y
Laya POV I felt myself being pulled roughly toward the cabin and the whole while eyes were on us as I almost felt myself being dragged, I didn’t dare look up and even though I could have protested and yanked my arm away at any point, I didn’t dare do that right now. Groban seemed really pissed off at me for my complete and total unnecessary outburst and verbal attack on Ward. I was trying to make sense of why I had done that, what the hell was wrong with me. I felt weird, hot and cold and tingly all over my body. The fact that I had said that I was sorry clearly hadn’t smoothed things over like I had hoped, I mean yes I did deserve his anger toward me right now. Yes I probably shouldn’t have lashed out at Ward the way that I had, seeing that he is after all the leader of this godforsaken clan. I should have just kept my damn mouth shut, why did I have to choose that moment, my first proper introduction with Ward to blow my mouth off. I was suddenly pulled fro
The forest floor was covered in a stench I didn’t have to recognize before knowing it was death, the air was mystified with a presence of something no- someone whom I didn’t have to recognize before knowing it was Demetrius. I stood staring at him as he stood merely a few feet away from me smirking with an evil grin plastered on his face, his hair was black and I couldn’t help but realize the uncanny resemblance Groban had to him, must run in the family I thought as my brows furrowed. I had never met his mother but I was certain that she too would have posed a striking resemblance to Groban, but as I stood staring at Demetrius I realized that it wasn’t fear that I felt toward him, which was strange. I should have felt an impending dread of fear wash over me, he was a lycan, he stood towering over my form at any event. His build was sheer muscle and strength of his dominance oozed from his very pores as he stood clothed in only the finest metal