Chapter 126

Layla’s POV

I guided him away from the men as Nate and Ralph took care of the rest.

“Are you okay?”

“No, I’m not, and honestly, I think I want to go for a run. We should go together.”

I looked down at my feet and sighed.

“What’s wrong? It’s okay if you don’t want to.”

“No, it’s not that I don’t want to, but I can’t.”

“Tell me about it.”

“I can’t shift, and even if I do, I may not be able to shift back.”

“Is that like a psychological thing or what?”

“I have no idea.”

“I say you haven’t been trying enough. You have shifted occasionally, haven’t you?”

“Yes.”

“What triggered it?”

“Anger, the need to save my loved ones....”

“Well, maybe I can help with that?”

“You can?”

“I mean, by now you should know how believable that is judging by my recent show of craziness, you should know I have had a hard time with my wolf and coming to terms with reality.”

“Yeah, I guess i