LAYLA'S POV
The castle walls were suffocating me. Everywhere I went, whispers followed. I could feel eyes burning into my back. People kept talking about me and Lucian.
Could you blame them? What happened at the ball was something that was unheard of. \
I was tired of people looking at me. It felt like the walls were closing in on me in a way that drove me insane. So I slipped out.
The forest was the only place where I could breathe. The air was cool as usual when I got there. My wolf stretched inside me. she was calmer here under the canopy where moonlight broke through. I wrapped my arms around myself and walked deeper until the noises of the castle faded.
Then I heard it.
The sound of blade against wood. My body froze. Every instinct of mine was alert. Slowly, I peeked around a tree.
Kieran.
