William grabbed onto Layla, the fear and the lifelessness in her eyes scaring him in a way he did not know was possible.“Don’t think for a second that that is the truth. There is nothing in this world that can force you from us, and even if there was, you know our family will tear it apart in a second to be back with you. I won’t ever leave you; do you hear me. There is nothing in this world that will keep me away from you.” William said, he voice full of promise.“You can’t know that.” Layla said, desperately wanting to believe him, but the ugly truth made it impossible.“I can and I do. I have loved you for years and for the first time I get to love you the way I always wanted, and nothing will take that away from me, my selfishness will not allow it. You do not have to believe me, because I’ll show you, I’ll prove to you that not even if death caught me again, will I let him take me from you.” William said. Each word he spoke, he believe in. He didn’t know it would be possible, bu
Layla didn’t know how long she sat on the floor, her emotions draining her more and more with each passing second. It didn’t help her that she knew her entire family was at the other side of the fire gate, waiting for her, waiting to comfort her, waiting to ask questions, but the answers they wanted, she couldn’t give.Layla realized something when she was in the underworld with the Aducator and the information would only be save in her mind. She wanted to talk to William, she wanted to tell him everything and she wanted to hug him, hug him until the final moment, but she couldn’t, she knew now that the people she loved more than life itself, was also the people that could be used against her. The Aducator said it herself, she was dead in which ever form that comes in and she could use any form to hurt Layla, she could use William.Layla realized that there was no way to fight death in this world. And even if they did fight, her army and she would be fighting her family. Layla pulled
Layla’s eyes opened, the world in front of her looking exactly the way she thought it would. A forest that was once filled with happy and loving memories now covered with a dark cloud of cold, hate and emptiness. Layla didn’t have to wonder where she was. She knew when she opened her eyes again, she would be in the land of the dead, it was her plan. Layla got up, her body moving on its own, the rage and anger motivating her to continue. Layla had lost all love and hope when she placed the knife to her throat, she knew even if she was doing the right thing it would mean that she would never see the people she longed most to see, she would never get to lay in her mother’s arm as she read Layla a story. She would never get to run and hide as her father changed her around the room. She would never get to make devious pranks with her brothers, she would never get to stay up all night and talk to her sister and worst of all she would never feel William’s hand against her cheek, his lips aga
‘Jackson, we have a situation.’ Aiden mind-link his alpha.‘What’s going on, you need back-up?’ Jackson mind-linked back.‘I don’t know, we got a human girl on our territory. She doesn’t look like a hiker, but she keeps going deeper into our territory. What should I do?’ Aiden says as he keeps his eyes on the girl. The human didn’t look like she was a hiker, she had on a black crop shirt cover with a long sleeve white shirt, that was paired with a short jean and some boots. She also only had a small leather backpack. The girl had long brown hair and soft blue eyes. She seemed so tiny in the massive woods. Her button nose went well with her round face. But nothing about her appearance made Aiden think that she had planned or had experience hiking before.‘For now, just keep an eye on her. She probably just got bored and wanted to walk around. Just make sure she doesn’t get to close to the main pack house and that she leaves the territory safely. The last thing the pack needs are a bunc
“What’s going on, William.” Nathaniel called out to his son as they all ran to the boarder.“Layla, she is here. I could read her mind.” William said. As they all continue to speed through the woods.“Something is wrong with her, she is in pain, we need to get to her now.” William said. The entire family were worried for Layla’s safety.“Where is she?” Grace spoke.“She is at the borders crossing of our territory.” William Spoke.“Brea and William you go to where Brea heard the scream come from. Grace and I will go to the south side of the border line and see if anyone is there. Nicholas and Eric, you search the north side of the territory. If anyone sees any sign of Layla, we call out to one other. All of you understand?” Nathaniel asked. All of them nodded their heads. Even though none of the vampires were really related they felt and acted like a family, and Nathaniel clearly suited the fatherly figure in their family. Everyone nodded to his plan, before they all broke apart and st
Layla’s entire body was stiff and sore, and her head was filled with the beat of her heart. Layla stirred and tried to sit up, but two hands pushed her back down. She tried to push the hands away and tried to sit up again, but it was no use. Soft cold hands stroked her forehead gently.“Your okay, Layla. Your safe.” A voice softly spoke in her ear. She couldn’t make out the voice, but she trusted his words. Layla stopped fighting the person and fell back into the darkness.When Layla woke up again, her muscles were finally relaxed, and her body was in a lot less pain. She ran her hands over a soft material, a familiar material. She opened her eyes and looked at the soft white cotton bunched up in her fingers. She slowly sat up to stare out of a glass wall that showed the comforting landscape of the woods and the walls in the room were filled with pictures and paintings of her memories. She was in her room. Her really room. Excitement filled her entire being. She throwed the covers ov
“Just please tell me the truth. You guys are scaring me. Why is the wolf here?” Layla said as she sat down after the rest of her family did the same. Nathaniel sat next to Layla as she continued to pick at the skin on her finger joints, a nervous habit she has had since she was a child.“We know there was an accident and that Aiden bite you.” Nathaniel said, but it still left Layla with a little answer.“Okay…” Layla said nervously for the rest of the story that would follow.“It has been pack-law for centuries now, that no wolf may bite a human, a specially a woman.” Nathaniel said. Layla’s heartbeat picked up at the look on Nathaniel’s face. It was clear he didn’t want to say the rest.“The reasoning behind this law was because wolves who bit woman would only cause two certain outcomes. Either the woman would change into a wolf, or she would die in the process and even if she did happen to shift her mental state would deteriorate as time passed.” Nathaniel said. Layla frowned at his
William was the first to inspect her wound. The silence was the only thing that filled the room. William ran his thumb over the red mark. The confusion and shock clear on his face. He turned Layla around and inspected Layla herself. She looked the same as she always did, her heartbeat to the same rhythm that it always had, and the intake of breath followed with the out take of it. She seemed exactly like the girl he has always known.“How did this happen?” William asked as he rolled up Layla’s shirt and pulled it over her arms and then over her head. Layla pulled the shirt down over her black sports bra. Their interaction seemed natural and common, like a married couple that followed the same routine every day.“I walked home from the art studio after I finished my day. When I came home, the lights weren’t working, so I sat all my things down to go back outside to check the power box, but someone grabbed me from behind. Everything happened so fast. He pushed me against the wall and b