Lyla’s POV
“Good morning, Henry” I smiled as I walked out of my room. Henry was dressed in a grey suit, a suitcase at hand as he pressed his phone.
“Beautiful morning to you, sunshine” He replied before kissing my forehead. He looked better than yesterday when I’d arrived and I’m glad about the new improvement.
After his little meltdown, we had a talk about everything that I’d missed. He made sure to not leave any information out because he felt I needed to know what had happened and all that was going out. We went out to our favorite spot later at night and got back home early.
Everything I had wanted to ask him had dissolved into thin air and I knew it just wasn’t the right time to ask him anything.
“You’re dressed. Where are you going?” He asked
“I’m meeting up with Pearl. It’s a surprise visit though and I hope I meet her at home.” I replied.
“Good! Stay safe out there, Lyla. I don’t want to lose you again. I’ll drop you off at Pearl’s place and pick you up after”
“I’m not a kid, Henry. I can take care of myself very well”
“We know what happened the last time I trusted you to take care of yourself”
I resigned from arguing with him and decided to go along with his wishes.
“Let’s go, flower” I smiled at the nickname and followed him out of the house.
Pearl’s door wasn’t locked when I got there and without knocking, with the hope of pranking her bad, I opened the door and stepped into the house. Her house was small, but yet cozy. Henry had told me she was living alone now, without Lucas, without her father’s help.
She had always been the one for privacy and how to live her life. This time, I’m not surprised at her little achievement.
I heard faint noises coming from her room and I smiled at the thought of her watching a movie.
“Surprise” I screamed as I opened the door leading to her room suddenly without knocking.
Even though I’d planned on surprising her, I ended up being the surprised one.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you guys. You can continue whatever it is that you’re doing. I’ll leave”
“No wait, Lyla. You don’t have to leave. I’ll do that” Tunde stopped me before I could walk out of the room. I was still rooted in the same spot, surprised at whatever this is.
Almost instantly, Tunde picked up his shirt from the floor, threw it on, and began walking out of the room.
“I’ll tell Damon I saw you” I could only nod awkwardly as he smiled sheepishly at me.
“Okay?” I slowly said, waiting for an explanation from Pearl moments after Tunde walked out of the house.
“It was a mistake,” she replied.
“Mistake? You call that a mistake. I just saw my friend who is in a relationship with my brother’s friends, having a hot makeout session with Damon’s best friend and you want me to tag that a mistake” I asked, forcing myself to lower my voice and not yell at her.
“It’s complicated”
I say beside her on the bed and whispered, “uncomplicate it, I have all day, darling”
“You don’t understand, Lyla. It’s not that easy. I don’t have any feelings for Lucas. I don’t know if I have feelings for him or not but every time I see Tunde, there’s this unexplainable pull, this force of attraction that makes me want to jump him, have five kids and be pregnant with another ” she explained in one breath.
I kept on staring at her, not able to say something.
“What, Lyla?” She asked, closer to tears.
“You’re not making sense to me, Pearl. I swear to God, I don’t understand a bit of what you just said”
“I’m as confused as you are, Lyla” I placed her head on my lap and ran my hand through her hair. That always calmed her down and I knew she needed it more than ever.
“Why don’t you take a break from the two of them and try to think things through, maybe you’ll be able to choose one after you get back” I replied.
“I’ve tried Lyla, it isn’t working”
“Then break up with Lucas” I suggested.
She suddenly stood up from the bed and raised her hand in the air.
“Do you know who Lucas is at all? He’ll kill me if I do that. He’ll make sure I regret my decision all my life”
“So you don’t love Lucas?” I asked.
“I do but I also love Tunde” she whispered.
“Love or Lust? You can’t keep on doing this and keeping things from both of them”
“You’re not the one to talk about keeping secrets”
“What do you mean?”
“Why are you back? The last I remembered, Damon wasn’t ready to let you go”
“I needed….” I suddenly stopped when I realized I don’t owe her any explanation.
“It’s not your business Pearl. Moreover, I’ll soon go back”
“And your smart ass think Henry or Lucas will let you go back”
“I don’t know, Pearl. I don’t know” I replied honestly.
Pearl came over to the bed and hugged me by the shoulder.
“Remember how we used to say time will solve everything” I smiled and nodded.
“Time won’t solve this one Bitch” she completed her statement and I couldn’t help but burst out into laughter.
We laughed together.
“So, what’s up with you? Apart from the whole two men thing” I inquired.
“Nothing else”
“Aurora?” I asked about her twin.
“She’s happily married, expecting her first child, currently in Paris for a dope vacation”
“She’s lucky”
“I don’t think so. I think she’s strong”
After that, we talked about other important things, watched a movie before the car that Henry sent arrived to take me back to his place.
Immediately I opened the door leading to my room and switched on the light, I almost screamed when I saw a half-naked man sitting on my bed, his face down and his legs crossed over the other.
It was until he raised his head that I realized it was Damon.
“Really? You scared me to death” I cried out.
He walked towards me and backed me into the wall behind me. I cried out as my back made contact with the wall.
“I missed you” he whispered, his voice hard. Before I could reply, he placed his lips on mine, kissing my words away.
I wrapped my hand around his back and kissed him back almost immediately.
“You saw me yesterday,” I said, against his lips.
“Did I?” He asked, smirking before he placed his lips back on mine.
He walked us towards the bed and made me sit on his lap while he rested his back against the head of the bed.
“You smell good” he placed his mouth in the crook of my neck and licked his mark.
Mark?
Reality suddenly hit me as it dawned on me that I haven’t bothered to hide the mark even though I’d been with my brother and Pearl since I arrived.
I swallowed my thought as his hand slipped into my chest, grabbing my breast through the lace bra that I had on. I held his hand before he could push them aside.
“My brother will be back soon,” I informed him. He hissed and removed his hands.
“I’ve been waiting all day, where have you been?” He inquired.
“Out with a friend” I teased, hoping he’ll ask if it was a guy or a girl. I wanted to see how jealous he’ll be.
“You mean Pearl. I smell her on Tunde most of the times” I scrunch my nose at him, as my hope in making him jealous died.
“Why are you shirtless?” I asked.
“I ran here in my wolf form. I needed you”
“Why?” I kissed his cheek.
“It’s possible I get executed” He replied, not looking at me. I laughed, thinking he was joking but with the serious look on his face, I knew he was dead serious.
“Why do you mean executed?”
“Well, I got summoned by the council of elders weeks back and I ignored it. Though that was not the first time. This time, the punishment will be weighed not just on what I did but also on ignoring their summons” he answered.
I was as confused as anything.
“Council of elders, summon, I don’t understand any of these, Damon”
He stood up from the bed, kissed my forehead.
“You don’t have to understand any of it. I came here to see you are safe, Bunny. Don’t concern yourself with any of what I said. I shouldn’t have told you but I did because you deserve to know”
“What will happen to you Damon?” I asked as he opened my window.
“Death, I guess” he replied and smiled before he climbed out of the window.
As I tried screaming at him to not go, he had already shifted into his wolf and disappeared into the forest