"I love you," I heard someone murmur right next to my ear.My eyes felt so tired, just opening them was hard. When I finally opened my eyes, I got a look of Dylan closing the door behind him.He'd been up for a while. I had woken up earlier and he was already in the shower. It felt like I had just closed my eyes and opened them, to find that he was dressed and ready to go.I felt lazy. I wanted to stay in bed for longer. With Dylan gone, I pictured my day being very much like it had been the day before. I was only hoping this time there would be no fight between us.I turned on my side, hugging a pillow and trying to get comfortable. Just as I was snuggling more into the pillow, a phone started ringing.When I turned to the side, Dylan's cellphone was on the night stand. I grabbed it, and I saw Blake's name blinking on the screen."Hello!" I said into the phone excitedly."Leila?" Blake asked, confused."Did you take over Dylan's phone?" He asked, clearly amused by me having Dylan's p

"He will release her, I have no doubt in that," Blake said with in his Alpha voice. At this, Eric raised an eyebrow, and rose to his feet."I don't want you and Dylan to have problems." I felt nervous as I said that."His third in command, John, he wants her dead. I'm not going to allow that." As Blake kept talking, his voice sounded deadlier by the second."Hey, hey, stop," I told Blake. Once again, I put my hands on the sides of his face, making him look directly into my eyes."I don't have to read your mind to know what you're thinking of doing, and I can't let you do that," I told him.Anger flashed through his eyes, as he kept his gaze on mine."They want to kill her, Leila! I'm not going to let that happened!" Blake growled, his eyes shifting to a dark color. I could feel Blake's Wolf wanting to come out, but he was doing a good job in keeping him at bay."I won't let that happen either, I promise. No one is going to hurt her," I said, keeping my voice leveled.Blake remained st

Dylan kneeled right next to me, trying to hold me in his arms.When he touched me though, I shoved him away.I hated that his touch caused an amazing electric feeling to run through my body. I hated it because I wanted him to touch me, but at the same time, I was so angry with him."Maybe you should leave," I faintly heard Eric say.I only felt as Dylan moved away from me, and was about to attack Eric.I had to get up, and stand between them. Dylan was going to take it out on Eric, and that was definitely not fair."Leave," I told Dylan."This is my house too, and I'm not leaving anywhere," Dylan retorted.He was right. In that moment, more than any other, I felt like I didn't belong there."Fine, then I'm leaving," I told him.Just as I was about to take a step toward the door, Dylan stopped me."I'll go."I looked up at him, narrowing my eyes."Maybe you should lie down for a little while. You look tired," Dylan said.I didn't say anything, only kept my eyes on him, as I waited for

We made it to a fairly large two story house. It looked like a family home, and for some reason, it just suited John.When John opened the door right after we passed the front porch, it looked like he'd been waiting for us. I assumed Dylan had warned him that we would be stopping by."Dylan," John said, giving him a man-hug. Dylan returned it, telling John that he was excused for the rest of the week from any pack duties."Hey Leila." I was surprised when John gave me a hug too.It felt weird because John and I were never that close, but I knew why he'd done it. Alphas were meant to provide a sense of security. I was hoping that Dylan and I being there would help.I had been expecting him to be mad at me. It wasn't that I didn't want Lilly to get justice from her attack- I just didn't want Blake or Christy to get hurt. By now, I was thinking John knew about yesterday."Hey," I replied, giving him a small wave."You okay man?" Dylan asked him. John was showing us into the house, and he

Dylan wasted no time in setting up a meeting with the men from the pack. Right after I told him what Jake had said- he called Eric, Scott, and two more guys over to the mansion.There was no way he was going to leave the house if I wasn't completely secured. I was sure that for the next few days, I would have a shadow at all times."Hey, what happened?" Eric asked, hurriedly making his way toward me.As soon as he was close enough, he stretched out his arms to catch me in an embrace."What did Dylan tell you?" I asked him. Dylan had just left. Now that the guys were here, he felt better about leaving me home."We're getting attacked. But he didn't say anything else," Eric said, as he let go of me.Scott walked into the room after that. The two other pack members who were going to stay with me walked in right behind him."Luna," both of them said, bowing their heads at me."Oh right, this is Steven and that's Ram," Eric introduced them, as the two guys once again bowed their heads in r