DEREK: Layla hasn't said a word to any of us since we set out of the cottage hours ago. I expected her to complain about an ache or so throughout but what she does occasionally is take a break whenever it was clear that she was exhausted. No one among us challenged her even though it was clear that she was delaying us. But we were in no rush to reach our destination which was why we accepted the whole setting. And neither Rafael nor I was ready to bring out our wolves to help out at least. “Can I ask you something, Aurora?” Rafael calls out to the gifted one who I still have a hard time processing the information she gave to me the other day. “Yes?” she says to him. “How come I've never seen you bring out your wolf?” was the question that Rafael ends up asking her. Trust me it was eno

