Chapter 77

Lilly lay on her bed as Layla finished running fingers through her hair. The other woman had stayed with her instead of going back to her family home. She and Layla were the same age, and tonight would be their first outing to the feast.

“Are you nervous?” Layla asked. “Nervous about what?”

“About everything. Tonight is our first feast, and you’ve been mated today. Scott is the alpha. That has got to be high on the cool factor.”

She smiled at Layla’s enthusiasm. “I’m a little scared. After tonight everything is going to change. Mom keeps giving me weird looks, and my dad looks worried. Between the two of them they’re freaking me out.” She stopped to take a breath. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m worrying about all the wrong reasons.”

“What is there to be worried about?” Layla asked, taking a seat on the bed.

“Have you seen the way the pack treat women, human women? I’ve seen

the ones they’ve taken to their bed, and they blank them as if they mean nothing.”

Several humans had left because of