Layton's POV: Thank fuck the day is finally over and what a fucking shocking day it’s been and that’s an understatement! I shut and locked the main doors that led to my rooms on the top floor and got straight to pouring myself a whiskey... usually I drank it to help me sleep but tonight I’m drinking it for a whole different reason… I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that she’s here! that only a few hours ago she was right in front of me… alive… beautiful… strong! and fuck... fuck! I just wanted to hold her, tell her how I’ve spent the last three years hating myself and missing her, but I couldn’t. The whole time she was there she barely looked at me, I may as well have been a ghost, in fact, that’s exactly what I felt like, as if I was having another one of my fucked up dreams of her and it wasn’t real. It’s bittersweet really, her survival, of course it’s all that I wanted, was for her to be ok, to have been alive all this time but, the thought of what she’s had to go thro
Lelanna’s POV: I think I must have slept only a few minutes here and there last night, because I spent most of the night just staring at the walls and ceiling wondering how the hell I got to this point. I mean I know how, I just can’t believe it; it feels so strange and quite abnormal. I shut so much out for so long and now it’s all coming back in floods. I feel as if I’ve barely had a moment to digest it all, to accept that I’m back to what I had missed… and damn how I have missed it… all of it! I pulled the duvet up to my chin as I snuggled in deeper into my bed. The last time I had slept here was the night before my banishment, where everything seemed so good, happy and safe! Even things with me and Layton had shifted and life was going so well for me. I couldn’t imagine the grief my family had gone through all this time, which made me feel a bit guilty for staying away so long, only adding to their misery, their hopes of my being alive… falling away with every passing day. I cl
I approached the huge brown bricked building that held all the cells, wearing my armour, with my sword tucked at my side, this is the first time I’ve worn it since I’ve come back and I can’t lie… I’ve missed it… it gave me a sense of strength and confidence. I could see Layton stood outside the big black metal doors with two guards as he caught sight of me, I didn’t miss the slight corner of his lips that tucked up into an almost smile. “You ready?” he asked concerned as I was now outside the doors standing in front of him and I could smell his delicious scent. Focus… focus! "Yes” I ended with just a simple answer, the less we speak the better. “Ok, then” he nodded at the guards to unlock the main doors. “One of them will be with us the whole time just in case anything happens”. I scoffed at him ”I’m sure I can handle her” … Jeez like I can’t defend myself against that stupid little wrench! The guard lead us down the steep stone steps, the whole stairway was dimly lit with fire
When we had come home successfully with Tina as our prisoner, Florence had insisted on throwing a ball in honour of all the warriors that fought in the battle and the ones responsible for Tina’s demise. She had been planning it for the last three weeks, organising the decorations, the food, music and seating chart and I helped where I could. We were to have the announcements and our food in the main dining area, which was only used for special dinners with neighbouring Alphas and Luna’s or for certain ceremonies. Then drinks and dancing in the great hall. It was always used for balls and fancy parties. The room was so big it could hold around 1000 people easily. Florence had the invites sent out the day after she had announced in a pack meeting of her idea for the ball and I had already gone dress shopping with my mum and Dakota to find a dress for each of us, as the invites stated men in black tux and women in red. I had made up my mind on a dark red velvet long gown, with a heart-s
Layton's POV: Honestly, I can’t even say how fucking pissed I was to have to drag myself away from Lelanna. I finally had her so close to me, literally in my arms, her beautiful soft lips curling into her incredible smile. My whole body was just so drawn to her like it wanted to sink into her skin. The whole time I was with her, my head was just thinking “fuck the world… fuck everyone else here… she’s all that matters right now”. Of course, I can’t blame Gabel, after all, I am the Alpha, and he is my guard and an unreplaceable one at that, and no doubt I would have kicked his ass if he didn’t tell me about the disturbance. Turns out some of the warriors patrolling near the village boarder could sense rogues, but by the time we had searched our forest territory and I had more warriors put in place in that area, I headed straight back to the ball to find Lelanna had already left with her parents, as Florence informed me and according to her she left looking rather happy. I wanted to q
When we had come home successfully with Tina as our prisoner, Florence had insisted on throwing a ball in honour of all the warriors that fought in the battle and the ones responsible for Tina’s demise. She had been planning it for the last three weeks, organising the decorations, the food, music and seating chart and I helped where I could. We were to have the announcements and our food in the main dining area, which was only used for special dinners with neighbouring Alphas and Luna’s or for certain ceremonies. Then drinks and dancing in the great hall. It was always used for balls and fancy parties. The room was so big it could hold around 1000 people easily. Florence had the invites sent out the day after she had announced in a pack meeting of her idea for the ball and I had already gone dress shopping with my mum and Dakota to find a dress for each of us, as the invites stated men in black tux and women in red. I had made up my mind on a dark red velvet long gown, with a heart-s
Layton's POV: Honestly, I can’t even say how fucking pissed I was to have to drag myself away from Lelanna. I finally had her so close to me, literally in my arms, her beautiful soft lips curling into her incredible smile. My whole body was just so drawn to her like it wanted to sink into her skin. The whole time I was with her, my head was just thinking “fuck the world… fuck everyone else here… she’s all that matters right now”. Of course, I can’t blame Gabel, after all, I am the Alpha, and he is my guard and an unreplaceable one at that, and no doubt I would have kicked his ass if he didn’t tell me about the disturbance. Turns out some of the warriors patrolling near the village boarder could sense rogues, but by the time we had searched our forest territory and I had more warriors put in place in that area, I headed straight back to the ball to find Lelanna had already left with her parents, as Florence informed me and according to her she left looking rather happy. I wanted to q
Lelanna's POV: It had taken us a few weeks to get everything in place, especially as we wanted our plan to go undetected by any rogues that might be watching us. Patrol shifts had been doubled and I had been helping night and day to patrol the boarder, the city and the village, even Layton who usually, as an Alpha doesn’t take part in the patrol had been working tirelessly all day with his duties then doing patrols at night. He would usually take into his wolf form and patrol the edge of our forest and a little further beyond our treeline, as his wolf was black, he could blend into the dark forest without being seen. Every now and then we could sense rogues nearby, but they never came too close. Obviously they had sensed our extra warriors keeping watch, but we knew they were out there, listening, watching. Waiting to see what our next move would be and funnily enough it was exactly what we were doing with them. Zara had only managed to get small bits of information from Tina and a