Laya POV
Groban’s words kept running through my head over and over again, vampire and werewolf, shape shifter, what did that mean? I had always been told that hybrids were a virus, we were the reason everything had changed.
I rubbed my hands together as I sat on the rug by the fire, watching the flames flickering intently as his words kept rushing through my mind. Mythical legend…
The words were meant to have meaning but they didn’t, nothing Groban said made any sense, maybe he was wrong I mean, hybrids had all but been exterminated from the face of the earth. I had never been told how we came to be, exactly what a hybrid even was, I was just always told that we were the problem and we should never have existed.
Groban had been called away by his clan leader a short while ago, he told me to keep the door of the cabin locked and that he wouldn’t be long. It wasn’t safe for me to go outside, not with people like Da
The door swung open and I gasped as I looked up from where I was still sitting on the floor of the kitchen, eyes wide and puffy from all the crying, only to see four figures standing in the doorway grinning fiercely at me. My eyes quickly diverted toward the floor as my breathing sped up. Dax stood in the doorway with three other men I didn’t recognize, “Come on boys we better make this quick,” is all I heard him say in a self-satisfied voice, sly voice. Within a second I noticed them come at me all at once, knocking over a chair and a small side table in their wake. I immediately jumped up and back against the kitchen table as I my heart started throbbing hard in my chest, my breathing was erratic yet I still kept my head down, not looking up and showing them what I truly was. They stood blocking anyway out from the kitchen, grinning and sniggering as they slowly came toward me, my body started shaking as my hand slowly slid across the table, I noticed out o
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