She had pretty much told me so herself, citing the fact that she heard Marcia Rockmountain (the same elderly matriarch of the Rockmountain clan who didn’t hesitate to condemn me to death) tell Reno to watch out for me, as I was ‘just like my whore mother.’The fact that she would even say that told

Maybe I hadn’t meant it when I said I felt nothing for Alex. Maybe I was grateful that he would no longer be able to hurt me anymore.But if that was true, why did I feel so uneasy leaving him behind?•The sense of disquiet didn’t last long. In fact, it left me as soon as I put some distance betwee

“You’ll get eaten alive,” Hector said, “overwhelmed. I know you. You’d do best to stay indoors.”And that was that.His words were spoken in a fond tone that I should’ve found reassuring, but as I watched Hector swagger away from me to take care of other Pack issues now that our session had come to

Layla’s POVThe party was already in full swing by the time I arrived. I could hear the loud bass speakers blasting a Top 40 song, and I stopped at the front doors, shutting my eyes and inhaling deeply to get my nerves under control before knocking.The walk here hadn’t done much to ease my temper,

“Well, the night is still young.” His eyes gleamed with sincerity and invitation. “Stick around for a bit. It’d be a shame if you wasted all that prettiness.”A weighted pause followed this comment, and when I could no longer hold it in I let out a snort of laughter. Connor winced.“That bad, huh?”