62. She's Dead

Layla bit back her tears and tried to numb herself the way she used to when she had Nia. She looked back at Jax and saw the look on his face. The devastation was so apparent. With a little smile at him, she closed the bathroom door and headed straight for the shower.

Only when she was standing under the spray did she let her tears fall and mix with the water.

He knew.

If she could feel the loss of their connection so acutely, Jax would have felt it, too. Their lovemaking was always more intense because they could share all their emotions through the bond.

But when she came apart in his arms, it had been just her.

Their bond was gone.

The man she loved with every fibre of her being was free to be with someone else.

She slid down to the shower basin and hugged her knees to try to comfort herself, but Jax was the apex predator, the Alpha King. She did not doubt that he would sense everything.

When the water started to cool, she forced herself to her feet and washed. When she s