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 .

cleaning the rest of my

so intentional , so caring that my heart

could he be the monster they claimed he was

fight had drained out

, this wasn’t a bad idea after

so much about the bad blood between him and the Moon Goddess , all the history books were always scanty and the people who did know preferred not to talk about

and confrontations

an advantage here … he loved me or so he claimed but he liked me to

perhaps if I play along … then everything will be fine

, I should stop

murmured gazing

I’ll stop

me , after

touching his lips as he

hurting you … not even when you killed

how much I love you and

, there was a knock at

lurched as I heard the familiar

door creaked open and Mr Dupree stepped inside , holding Xander’s

,” he

; you need to answer

worry !

ignoring the call as he turned

“ Apologize to

( 2

minute and turned to him , a surprised look on his

What do you mean

the other nights and then the injury at the Northern Forests , I told you it was

still aches her occasionally

apologize to her for that

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

sorry , Miss

won’t happen

will no longer come to you in your dream

can do that ? ”

one of my many specialities ,

dream world … I feed on your

dream world ? ” I

so

, I

the Panther that other day

you !

at me for a minute before bowing curtly

alone , Xander turned to me

Trinax … they’re vengeful creatures … very

Panthers

worse than

face longer than ten seconds if he ever appears to you in your dream

now but he would later

you

be a snitch between you

tell if he’s in my dreams ? Surely , you have enough power to do that

crossing the room to deposit the towel and the bowl

the first thing she did when the Moon Goddess began to poison her

all of our connections

I couldn’t smell

Revelations and

her scent

with me whenever I’m on my heat ? ” I asked

the bed , with a steaming

” he said and stretched it before

eyes because he lifted the cup and drank from it

on my head … and this is my

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

hurt

the cup to my lips and pretended as I drank it before dropping the cup

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