Nate's POV

“Layla, don’t leave me, please.”

I pleaded as I held her wrist. It looked like her mind was already made up and there was nothing I could do to change it.

“Why do you have to bear this burden all on your own?”

“Don’t you see it, this is my way to give back to you, everything you have done for me.”

“You don’t have to do anything!”

“All the more reason to. I don’t want to be seen as that weak girl who is not worthy of you or to be the Luna of the pack. I also ...