Laya POV It’s dark, I can’t see a thing around me. I feel confused as I start spinning around looking for any glimmer of light, but there is none.I shout his name but only darkness greets me there, the panic engulfing me and swallowing me whole. The wicked laughter of the beast, the monster who took him from me shrouded in evil delight and sultry demonic glamor.I gasp as I try and find the direction of his callous laughter but I can’t find it, it’s coming from every direction and then from nowhere at all.His darkness is the reason I’m alone, and he wills to consume me and kill my unborn child.Again I shout his name, shout for him to return to me but there’s nothing. My sobs become louder as I finally collapse against my knees burying my face in my hands, the torment becoming too much to bear.When suddenly I hear it, I gasp as my eyes widen

Laya POV   Suddenly I’m met with a burning torch against the wall, in front of it lies an impenetrable wooden door and I find myself gasping as a shiver runs down my spine. The moment I take a step toward the door I slowly lift my hands and place them against the rough edges, which have clearly been put in place to barricade anyone from entering. I feel my breath being taken away by something beyond this door, as my breath quickens I close my eyes and rest my forehead against the cold metal barricade. Before I can even process my next move I suddenly notice a presence from behind me, lurking in the shadows like the murky iniquity he represents. “Dax,” I mumble as my eyes finally open, the scent of his repulsive stench gnawing at my very insides like the sorry excuse of a human being he had always been. Smirking he suddenly comes into view as I turn to glare at him, and the look on his face is nothing short of amusement as

Ward POV I followed behind the luna and alpha of pack Arcane as they led me through the front doors of their packhouse, and down a passage before taking a right into what seemed like an office.It was all woodsy and leather with cold metals, giving it that urban industrial look. The alpha gestured for me to sit at one of the two comfy chairs before what was clearly his desk, he came to sit right behind the desk and his luna was about to seat herself on the edge of the desk when the alpha pulled her onto his lap and protectively wrapped his arms around her.I couldn't help but find this amusing as I was in no way a threat to him or his luna, I was merely here seeking their help with finding Groband and Laya, knowing full well that Demetrius had already gotten to them.There was a moment of awkward silence as they both stared at me for the longest time, not saying a word, merely observing.But then the luna suddenly spoke up breaking th

Laya POV Tomorrow...It keeps running its race in my head over and over again, I feel like I can't even breathe at this moment anymore.If I was stronger I would be able to get out of here and save Groban, I would have broken down the door standing between us and freedom, and take on any guard standing in my way.But here I sit huddled up in a corner of the room holding onto my knees as they bunch up just under my chin like the scared and pathetic little hybrid girl I used to be, the same pathetic hybrid girl I still clearly am today. I'm so lost in the onset of what's to come tomorrow night, the blood moon, the moment in which Demetrius will kill Groban right in front of me. The moment he will claim me by force as he marks me as his, a Lycan monster so bloodthirsty for control and dominance over all shifters and humanity alike, how did this happen.I'm drowning in a situation beyond my capability of escape and I

Laya POV   "Stop it, just stop patronizing me like I'm some child and you're the adult alright. I know what all of this means, how could I not. Groban is my mate, I have the children of Gaia's symbol branded against my hand like some goddam reminder that all of this is happening because instead of us going to find them like we were meant to, I ran... I tried to take on Demetrius all by myself in a moment of stupidity, I was so blind by the rage I felt when I saw Groban lying on that floor in our cabin, that I didn't think. And now he's going to pay the ultimate price for that, it's all my fault that he's about to die!" I cry out as I sink to my knees, sobbing bitterly as my hands cup my face shielding my eyes from what's to come as if it would help at all.  If I had just listened to my dream back then, the one I had had about the thirteen tribes, the one where clearly Demetrius was the monster and villain of this story. Then maybe we wouldn't be in