[Layla’s POV]“Ouch!” I yelped, as the razor blade I was using to carve my brows slightly brushed against my skin, and very little blood popped out.“Are you okay?” Xavier asked, opening the door immediately.“Yes, I’m fine. It’s just a scratch. You don’t have to always barge in at every sound you hear,” I chided.“Maybe you should stop reacting too seriously to every little thing, so you don’t get me worried,” he said.“Why should you be unnecessarily worried? We’re just friends,” I retorted, partly because I knew he hated it when I said that.“Thanks for reminding me, but friends actually do worry about each other. It’s not a big deal,” he said, and with a shake of his head, proceeded to walk out of my bedroom.“Aren’t you going to put on your shirt?” I inquired as he turned his back to leave.“Samantha offered to add it to your laundry, so I have to be shirtless for a while,” he explained.“Just say that you love the attention you get from the maids whenever you’re not wearing a sh

[Layla’s POV]I was tired of being the reason Xavier couldn’t do things that was for the good of his Pack. I just wanted him to get his people out of here by any means possible.“Save your people, Xavier,” I said.The look in his eyes showed that he was sorry, but I didn’t know why... at least, not yet.“Don't mind me, just protect your people,” I said.He nodded his head to show that he understood exactly what I was saying, and I put on a brave smile even though I was scared of dying.His grip which had softened tightened once again around the neck of the bell-ringer, and the apologetic look in his eyes was replaced by a look of determination.“Do what you will with her,” he said, and in a blink of an eye, pushed the man to the floor making him crash heavily with a thud and with his fangs, cut off the rope.“You thought I was joking, didn’t you? Now, Layla will suffer the consequences of your disobedience,” my captor said and swiped the knife in his hands at my neck, as I trembled in

[Xavier’s POV]“What is going on there?” Roman asked in a loud voice as he stepped out.We had gotten to the Palace, but the guards were refusing to let us in, and that had caused a serious argument amongst us all. As we walked, other members of the Pack who were curious to know what was going on had followed us to the Palace.Everything had completely changed, and Roman had turned the Shadow Pack upside down. The elders were just a bunch of thieves ruling the people now, and I heard the stories from the members of the Pack as we stormed over to the Palace.The Pack which was once rosy had turned into a den of suffering and poverty; the Beta, Roman and most of the other elders were exploiting the people and had increased their taxes by over thirty percent, rogues had been employed to wreck havoc upon those who couldn’t afford to meet up with the payment of their taxes, and the high class ones were basically living off the hard work of the Omegas.It was just like in the olden days, an

[Layla’s POV]I looked sideways carefully before stepping out of my bedroom and closing the door gently behind me. Almost everything had changed. The people were happy. The Alpha King was given the respect he deserved. Roman was in prison. No one had heard from the Beta or his daughter. Only the elders who had been found clean had been reinstated, while the criminals had received befitting punishments.However, some of the things which needed to go back to normal wasn’t possible yet. Jeffrey hadn’t been found even though a reward of 1000 gold bars had been placed for anyone who found him, Elsa wasn’t so close to me anymore as she was hell-bent on finding Jeffrey, Xavier and I hadn’t gotten back together, my family hadn’t returned, and Lady Millicent spent so much time looking gloomy without bothering to even wear makeup.Presently, I was tiptoeing past the hallway gently so that Xavier would not detect my presence. I was also holding my breath as well.“Where are you going to?” Michae

[Layla’s POV]“How do I look?” I asked Michaela, feeling nervous as hell.“Wow. You look beautiful, your highness,” she said, with a genuine smile on her face.I heaved a deep sigh, and gazed back at my reflection in the mirror. “I don’t know, Michaela. What if I am underdressed or something?” I asked.Her smile grew wider and she massaged my shoulders gently. “Trust me, your highness. You’ll be the most beautiful one out there,” she said to me.I forced a smile on, feeling a little bit reassured. “Thanks, Michaela. I’ll take your word for it,” I said, then stood up from the chair, and stepped into the glass slippers waiting for me at the edge of the table.A knock sounded on the door, and Michaela asked me to hold on while she went to check on who was at the door.“Kyle!” she exclaimed, smiling shyly at him.“Hey,” he said. He sounded nervous, really nervous.“Um... what brings you here?” she asked, after moments of silence, giggles and awkward shyness.“The Alpha King has been waiti