LAYLA

It was painful and heartbreaking to watch him choose another.

I told Nira I felt sick. I said I had a headache, I even tried lying, said I had a fever, maybe the flu, maybe worse. Something that would let me disappear for a day, just one damn day.

“The pack will start talking, they will call you wicked and jealous.” She said, “Please, just go. Be in attendance.”

Because no matter what Del did, no matter how far he pushed me aside, how much he distanced himself, I was still his ...