Chapter 119. Secret’s Out, but the Truth Must Stay Hidden

Layla’s POV

Nathaniel smiled when he looked into my eyes. I felt Clara clawing to the surface, and her growls were echoing against the walls of my mind. “You what?!” I growled and pulled his hand away from my face.

“Ahh, yes, I was wondering whether or not you’d react to that.” He put his hands in his pockets and took a step back. Nathaniel scanned my face with a sinister smile and the darkest, most inhumane eyes I had ever witnessed.

He was so hungry for power. His bones were made for only one thing, as was his mind: to destroy and reinvent the world in his image. He was the embodiment of evil and would only ever spread terror, blood, and pain wherever he went. All around him, I saw that black shadow, the blood-stained path he so willingly walked on. When he looked at me, despite his sinister ways, I saw the adoration he held for his most prized possession. He needed me; I was the key to his dreams, and all of his plans would come to fruition with me by his