53 Revelations and confrontations …

Lyla

I pressed against the door as panic clawed in my throat .

I reached for the doorknob again , yanking it furiously .

“ Just let me go , Xander .

I’ll think about your offer and … ”

“ You won’t ! ” he gave me a sad smile .

“ You can’t wait to leave here , I can see it in your eyes .

I back to the door and began pounding , screaming with all my might as tears streamed down my face .

“ You’ll hurt yourself ,” he said behind me .

ht to be a

“ Just let me go ! ” I cried , turning to face him again .

“ Please ! Please , let me go ! I don’t part of anything .

I am not who you want .

I just want a normal life ! I want to go back to my normal , boring life ! ”

But he remained silent … through all of my tantrums , repeated knocking on the door , calling out to anyone – even Mr Dupree ; watching me with an expression mingled with sadness and frustration .

Eventually , my strength gave our

I collapsed onto the floor , my body heaving with sobs as I

buried my face in my hands , feeling defeated .

“ I don’t want this , I choked out between gasps .

“ I’ve suffered more than anyone to go back to this life , Xander .

Please … just let me go .

I promise , not even a word to Nanny .

It’ll be a secret

between us .

He came and knelt beside me , close but not touching .

“ Lyla ! ” he whispered .

“ You’re special … too special to have a normal life .

Someone like you … because of what you are … normality was never

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an option .

I shook my head , too tired to argue anymore .

Too broken to fight .

My body trembled as I felt him gently lift me from the floor , carrying me in his arms like a bride – like I was something precious , I was too weak to resist … and somehow , my broken heart wanted this but with a different person , 1

I wished more than anything that right now , this was Ramsey … holding onto me , telling me not to go .

I sighed as he deposited me onto the bed with care like I was a newborn .

He reached for a soft towel inside a bowl of warm water by the bed and began to clean my tear – stained face with such tenderness that I felt my resolve wavering .

His touch was achingly familiar , a reminder of the man I thought I knew the man I had begun to love .

he continued cleaning the rest of my

so caring that

he was and yet treat

drained out of me

, this wasn’t a bad idea after

and the Moon Goddess , all the history

Revelations and confrontations …

but he liked me

if I play along … then everything will

I should stop fighting you

gazing at him

stop fighting

, after

touching his lips as he sighed with relief

of hurting you

love

could finish , there was a knock at the

as I heard the familiar

inside , holding Xander’s phone in

he said quietly

nonstop ; you need to answer or she’ll begin

worry !

took the phone , ignoring the call as he turned

“ Apologize to

! (

to him , a surprised look on

do you mean ? ” he asked

the other nights and then the injury at the Northern Forests ,

aches her

apologize to her for

but with one look on Xander’s face , he turned to me ,

sorry , Miss

happen

no longer come to

can do that ? ” I asked eyeing

my many specialities , he gave

world … I feed on your thoughts and fuel your

the dream world

so shallow

I forgive

the

! ”

for a minute before bowing curtly and stepping out of the

we were alone , Xander turned

they’re

thought Panthers were !

They’re worse

seconds if he ever appears to you in your dream

won’t now but

if you

a snitch between you and one of

my dreams ? Surely , you have enough power to do that

me a quiet smile , crossing the room to deposit

did when the Moon Goddess began to poison

of our

I couldn’t smell

Revelations and confrontations

scent …

whenever I’m on my heat ? ”

bed , with a steaming tea

tea ! ” he said and stretched it before me

have seen the fear in my eyes because he lifted the cup

won’t harm you , Lyla ! ” he said quietly an amused smile on

no horns on my head … and this is my true form

a lot bigger than this I had to size down to fit a typical human

hurt

and pretended as I drank it before dropping the cup on the bedside table

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