Swallowing hard I reopened my eyes to him as the fire still crackled on beside us, I didn’t even want to think about anything right now, too much had happened tonight. I noticed him pick up something else beside him before handing it to me, it was a piece of bread.
“Eat,” he said gesturing at the bread still in his hand. Taking it from him I slowly brought it to my mouth and took a bite, my mouth felt so dry which in turn made it difficult to chew and I only ended up half chocking on it, he quickly handed me a metal mug as he nodded once,“Drink,” I took it from him and started drinking the water, taking slow sips at first but eventually I started downing the cool liquid so fast that I half choked, “Slow down,” He said, pulling the mug from my mouth. Looking up at him I nodded once as I frowned slightly,
“Thank you,” I whispered, and instantly felt this strange feeling deep inside. Why was he being nice to me and why couldn’t I shak
Groban's POV Slamming the door hard behind me, I stood clenching my fists as I stared down at the ground. She fed on rats, she fucking fed on rats to sustain her hunger for blood. I could feel this impending rage begin to pulsate through my entire body towards tribe Taulantii, closing my eyes for a moment I instantly thought back to the moment I found her hiding in that kitchen, her appearance and complete horror struck face as I stared down at her from behind those boxes, what the fuck had they done to her! Opening my eyes I smirked as I thought back to the moment chief Rann was on his knees begging for his life just as he was about to be executed, even though I didn’t enjoy the idea of butchering human tribes, he dam well got what he deserved. I couldn’t stop this deep aching pull I felt toward Laya, I didn’t understand it but I knew it had to do with her being a hybrid. Taking a deep breath I stepped off the porch toward a pile
Laya POV I just stood there in shock as he slammed the door on me for a second time, my whole body felt shaky. I was fast asleep the moment he yanked me up almost shouting at me, what the hell was wrong with him, I wasn’t really hungry and why was he so obsessed with getting me to eat and feed anyway? I felt fine, I was more tired than hungry. My body was still sore from what happened last night, even though my body healed relatively quickly, emotionally I just felt exhausted and so unsure of what the future held for me right now. Groban kept telling me that I was a hybrid and needed to feed, almost as if he had a better understanding of what that even meant. He was human, so why did even care? Feeling irritated and mostly agitated with him I abruptly picked up the sand which still on the plate in front of me, bringing it to my mouth I angrily took a big bite as I started chewing, ‘Mmm,” the sound escaped my mouth as I
Laya POV Groban’s words kept running through my head over and over again, vampire and werewolf, shape shifter, what did that mean? I had always been told that hybrids were a virus, we were the reason everything had changed. I rubbed my hands together as I sat on the rug by the fire, watching the flames flickering intently as his words kept rushing through my mind. Mythical legend… The words were meant to have meaning but they didn’t, nothing Groban said made any sense, maybe he was wrong I mean, hybrids had all but been exterminated from the face of the earth. I had never been told how we came to be, exactly what a hybrid even was, I was just always told that we were the problem and we should never have existed. Groban had been called away by his clan leader a short while ago, he told me to keep the door of the cabin locked and that he wouldn’t be long. It wasn’t safe for me to go outside, not with people like Da
The door swung open and I gasped as I looked up from where I was still sitting on the floor of the kitchen, eyes wide and puffy from all the crying, only to see four figures standing in the doorway grinning fiercely at me. My eyes quickly diverted toward the floor as my breathing sped up. Dax stood in the doorway with three other men I didn’t recognize, “Come on boys we better make this quick,” is all I heard him say in a self-satisfied voice, sly voice. Within a second I noticed them come at me all at once, knocking over a chair and a small side table in their wake. I immediately jumped up and back against the kitchen table as I my heart started throbbing hard in my chest, my breathing was erratic yet I still kept my head down, not looking up and showing them what I truly was. They stood blocking anyway out from the kitchen, grinning and sniggering as they slowly came toward me, my body started shaking as my hand slowly slid across the table, I noticed out o
Groban POV I found myself pacing back and forth trying to think of what to do, when suddenly I heard a knock at the door, my eyes shot up and I immediately hurried to go and unlock it, too my relief I saw Ward standing there. I let out a sigh of relief, I knew he would come looking for me eventually, it had been two days and I hadn’t left the cabin at all. Laya had fainted in my arms two days ago and hadn’t woken up since then, faint groans would escape her lips every now and then and I had tried countless times to wake her up but she just wouldn’t open her eyes. I would have gone to fetch Ward sooner but I was too scared to leave her alone after what had happened with Dax. I hated him for what he had done, he had no right to touch Laya and even though we were brothers, we were nothing alike. “How is she?” Ward asked as he stood shaking the rain from his jacket before coming inside, there was a deep concerning frown spread across
Laya POV I felt myself slowly waking up from a warm dream, in my dream all I could smell was him and I wanted to drown in it. Smiling softly as I thought about this my eyes fluttered open as a small gasp escaped my lips, Groban was lying right in front of me which startled me somewhat. We were face to face with each other and all I could feel was this incredible warmth begin to glow right through me, a feeling I had never ever felt before. Was this truly real, was he really here, right in front of me. Staring into my eyes as a smile spread across his face, I instantly felt that all familiar spark of electricity pulsate through my belly drawing me in to him, taking in a breath a small moan escaped my lips, “Mountain dew,” I breathed and his eyes widened as surprise and astonishment washed over him, “How did you know that?” feeling slightly surprised myself at his question my brows furrowed for just a second, “Know what?” “Mountai
The following morning Groban woke me up really early, by early I mean somewhere around 4:30 am, it was still dark out and winter was nearing so the chill in the air alone kept me closest to the fireplace when I wasn’t in Groban’s arms. He quickly got me dressed in long black leggings, a pair of black combat boots, a blue long sleeve t-shirt and a grey denim hooded jacket that fit me snuggly. Looking up as I stood before him in the kitchen he quickly slid a mustard color beanie onto my head as he gave me a once over clearly satisfied with the outcome, “This should do,” he nodded to himself more than to me. I could see he was apprehensive of taking me out with him but there was something else, he seemed distracted and edgy in a way that I hadn’t seem from him and I wondered why that was. Eventually I just couldn’t take it anymore so I did the most obvious thing, “What’s wrong?” He immediately froze as his jaw clenched but he didn’t dare meet my stare, “
Laya’s POV Groban lead us back toward the brothers clan boarders, back to the village, and with each passing step I felt myself reluctant to go back there. Right now he wouldn’t look at me, he wouldn’t even speak to me, instead we just kept walking with me following behind him in a state of unwitting silence. I guess he felt annoyed that I hadn’t shifted when he had tried so hard to get me to do just that, I had so many questions and they needed answers first before I allowed myself to shift into anything I didn’t truly understand. The entire exhibition seemed pointless as we made our way back without even a deer to show for us being out here in the first place, lifting my hand to touch my neck a spark shot through the place where Groban had marked me and I let out a small gasp. How did Groban know so much about my kind, and how had he been able to mark me like that. I could feel it now, it was as though I had this insane connection with