Chapter 10
In the morning, before the first light could touch the curtains over her window, Layla pulled herself from the bed. It was no small feat when their limbs were as entwined as they were. His legs were over and under her own, his arm resting beneath her head like the hardest pillow she’d ever slept on. Still, free of his touch, she looked down at the sleeping man and smiled.
This was her future. Or, part of it. The other half was upstairs, asleep in the master bed Drake had sacrificed to a five year-old. It had all happened so quickly that she didn’t know the exact moment either of them had found their way into her heart. Perhaps it was when Miri crawled out of her little cave and clung to her. Perhaps it was when Drake agreed to drive her to his Territory.
And she would protect
