Kayla’s POV
“So, do you think you are ready to face your Uncle Xavier yet or do you need more time?”
I looked at Zane, whose eyes were twinkling with mirth as he saw my nervousness. I narrowed my eyes at him in response. Didn’t he just claim to love me? Then how would he enjoy seeing me in trouble?
“I already told you, he didn’t see you kiss me. And even if he did, he will only be happy for you. Don’t you think he would like to see you enjoy a good life with your mate?”
Well, I guess he was right about that. Even though Uncle Xavier himself was a serious man with no nonsense attitude, he has always said it was different. He would always complain that it was his actual nature, whereas mine wasn’t because he remembered me as a cheerful girl until my family’s death. I had always disregarded his concerns and claimed that my life experiences had shaped me to become
Kayla’s POV“So, what are you going to tell the council now?” I asked, after making sure that the soundproof partition between the driver’s seat and the passenger seat was pulled up.Zane looked at me with a calm expression and I wondered how he could be calm about something like this.“What is there to tell?”My jaw fell open in disbelief, and I stared at him with wide eyes. What is there to tell? The Council ordered him to hunt me and he was asking, ‘what is there to tell’?Seeing my shocked gaze, Zane rolled his eyes.“It is not as if they are going to find anything about you when they haven’t been able to do that all these years. Especially considering you wouldn’t be out hunting anymore now that you had found the rogue you were searching for. I don’t think they would ever find the bodies of the rogues in the Dark Ench
Zane’s POVI smirked at Kayla, as I thought of the impending hunt for the dark mage Gregory. I was supposed to hunt for the Feral Assassin, but now; I was hunting along with her. Who would have thought, right?Kayla smiled back and her blue-grey eyes glowed for a moment with a predatory glint. I knew it was the Feral wolf in her that was getting excited at the prospect of hunting the enemy, but it didn’t make me nervous like I ought to be if it had been anyone else but Kayla. Instead, seeing her like that thrilled me and made me even more excited at the thought of hunting along with her. Even imagining it got my heart racing, and I wondered when we could set off to the Dark Enchanted Forest.Then I saw her eyes move to the door through which Ethan had gone moments ago, and the excitement dimmed from her eyes to be replaced by worry and guilt. I sighed, knowing how she was worried about him and felt a weird mix of
Kayla’s POVI watched the predatory expression on Zane’s face and a shudder passed through my frame at the fierceness emanating from him. I, the Feral Assassin who had killed wild rogues for years, found him intimidating despite knowing that he wouldn’t ever hurt me. I couldn’t help but pity those who were going to be in his path when he was in his war mood because Alpha Zane Black was a force to be reckoned with and once he hone in on you as his target, you better pray for a fast death.I hadn’t seen him in action other than when he faced the rogues in the forest, and I knew that he was holding himself back from being violent in front of his fragile mate, aka me. But from the violence that was radiating off his frame now, I knew that he meant business and he will bring death in his path when he finally gets into action. I could only hope that he would leave that mage, Gregory, to me. He was mine
Zane’s POVI raised my brows at my dufus of a best friend as he stared at me with wide eyes. He bit his lip and turned his head to left and then with a frown, turned his head to the right. This was going on from the moment I walked into the pack house a few minutes ago, and his silent perusal was getting to me by now.“What?” I asked exasperatedly.“Something is different with you.”I rolled my eyes as he walked closer to me and leaned in to scrutinize my face.“I know I am gorgeous, but do you have to look at my face this closely to enjoy my beauty?”“Eww man! You know I wasn’t looking at your dumb face! And you know I bat for the other team; my mate will attest to that!”“Uh huh. Then why were you looking at me like that for the past ten minutes or so?”Ethan narrowed his eyes and looked at me again.“As I
Kayla’s POVFrom the moment Zane had left my pack, a strange feeling assaulted me. In fact, it started even before he had left my sight. It felt as if there was a heavyweight in my chest and it wouldn’t go however much I tried to stay positive. I didn’t know exactly what was happening or how to stop feeling like this when I had no reason to feel crappy. I should be happy, right? After all, everything was going just the way I wanted it to...My mate knows my secret and still wants to be a part of my life. Not only that, he has promised to help me in tracking the man I wanted to find. Then why was I feeling as if someone had stuck their fist inside my chest and was crushing my heart with each passing moment? Why?The only reason I can think of is because of Zane going back to his pack, and I couldn’t understand why it would leave me feeling this crushing sense of disappointment. He didn&rsquo
Zane’s POVI looked at the humble abode in front of me and wondered what fresh surprise was waiting for me inside this time. I had been to this same house at least six times before today and out of those six times, never did the interiors look the same twice. It looked like a simple one story building, but inside it, it could be anything from a hut to a castle. The first time I had come here was five years ago and that time, it looked like a normal house and I didn’t know any better. However, I had visited it a week later to collect the specialized charm I had ordered last time. Iwas shocked when instead of the cozy home from the past week; I found a single large room that looked as if it was straight out of a sixteenth century manor. I had gone out to make sure I had the right home, even if I knew that I couldn’t have entered a wrong house with my tracking skills.Glenda had merely smiled before inform
Kayla’s POVI would love to say that the past week flew by even before I could blink, but if I say that, then I would be lying. Because it passed by with such agonizing slowness that it felt as if each minute felt like eons. Maybe it was because of how eager I was for time to pass that it ended up feeling slow instead. But slow or not, the week passed and now; I was pacing back and forth in my office, waiting for a certain someone to arrive.Once I had called him the day after he left, it was as if I had flipped a switch on in Zane. As if me calling him was the explicit permission he required to call me back, he made it a habit of calling me from the next day. At first it was once a day but after two days, he began calling randomly throughout the day saying that something or the other reminded him of me and he wanted to hear my voice. One time it was ‘I saw a gray cloud that reminded me of your stormy eyes an
Kayla’s POVA mirror, a Boomerang, a pen, and was that a rock? The things were so random that I couldn’t link them in any way, however much I tried. I looked up at Zane with alarm and frowned when I saw his proud expression. Was the pressure too much that he lost it?“I am not crazy, my darling mate.”I raised my brows at him.“That is what every crazy man believes. What other explanation do you have for bringing all these crap here?”He rolled his eyes at me before picking a plastic honey bee from the bag. Seriously? A honey bee? And he is claiming that he hadn’t lost it!“Well, this one here is spelled such that it will cast the illusion of a swarm of bees when the enemies look at it.”“That sounds good, but why in the world would the spell be put in these weird objects instead of just using spheres or vials or something where normal wit