~ LAYLA ~
I move quickly, my footsteps echoing down the quiet hallway as I make my way towards my destination.
My heart is still pounding inside my chest even as I take a corner by my right. With my eyes fixed on my path ahead, I am still struggling internally to fully concentrate, regardless of the tension of my exchange with Raelin that is still raging everywhere inside my mind.
'We made a deal, Layla Kavros, and you promised to stick to it.'
I want to scoff at the memory of those words, but the echo of them are burning themselves into the depths of my very soul.
It is indeed true that I made a deal with him and promised to stick to it. Nevertheless, the raw desire I witnessed in his eyes, the deep possessiveness I felt in his tone.....
They all linger, wrapping around me like twis
