Layla ran out of the bathroom and headed to the door, but the damn thing was locked from the outside. How mean could he be, to reject her, then lock her in his bedroom. Axel had shut the door to the bathroom, so she found a corner far away from the bed, sat down, put her knees to her chest, and cried. Giving up so soon, Layla, she heard Chalci’s purr He doesn’t want me, Chalci, I am so stupid Her jaguar purred, dear, human, you don’t know a thing about men, do you, just wait.. Just wait. Chalci!, but she was gone, back into the deep jungles of her head, leaving her to her fraying senses. “Kitten,” Axel looked around the room, but there was no sign of her, had she just disappeared? She’s hiding from you, Axel, she thinks you don’t want her Axel scratched his head, all he had done w

