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Layla*
"Who does Fin belong to" 
I can't breathe. My head is spinning and my vision blurred from tears. 
Asher is not a dumb man I mean Fin is a spitting image of him for crying out loud but this is not how I wanted this to go. 
"I can't do this right now Asher please" choking out barely above a whisper. If we weren't supernatural beings he for sure wouldn't have heard me. 
"Is...is he mine" he responded probably quiter than me if that's even possible. 
I can see in his eyes the heartbreak as well as the glint of joy and pride towards my baby. Our baby. 
Studying Asher's face intensely his eyes never leaving mine. Although the both of us are grown now it's still difficult putting the past behind me. The rejection was the worst pain I had ever felt in my entire life (giving birth being second which technically he was the reason for that too) I couldn't just forgive and forget. Now with Finway in the picture sure he seems happy now but what if he rejected him after a while like he did me. 
I don't respond to him only now do I look to the floor as if it was the most important thing to me, studying every crack and chip running through it. 
"Asher!" Dax exclaimed as him and Marie made their way down the stairs to us laying a hand on his shoulder "what brings you here" he raised an eyebrow in my direction 
"Um I came to check on your fathers recovery" 
Clearing his throat stepping away from me. He really came all this way to just make sure dad was okay ? 
"Also, I came to ask you Layla would you like to go out to dinner with me tomorrow night?" His pleading eyes now met my stunned ones. 
To say I was nervous would be an understatement a date with Asher is all we've ever wanted but being alone would open up possibilities of questions I was just not ready to answer yet. Question mostly involving Finway. 
I stand there weighing the odds of good and bad before giving my answer on whether or not I would like to go out with him. Lila seems over the moon that our mate wants to spend time with us. 
Yes she's still wary of the past rejection but since the bond is back in full swing she can't get enough being so close to Arch again. I can't keep her away from him it wouldn't be fair. 
"Lila would like to see Arch so yes" is all I could come up with 
"You are still my mate as well Layla" he steps closer to me as the room loses all the oxygen in it making it hard for me to breathe again 
Dax and Marie watch quietly at the tension growing between the two of us not knowing how this conversation will turn. 
"Yes because I didnt accept the rejection you threw out all those years ago" I bit back a little too bitter, now irritated by his statement. 
"I know and I'm sorry Lay please let me show you how sorry I am" 
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I had decided that I am getting too caught up in all the drama and needed a break, after Asher had left the house I headed out and went for a run to clear my head 
I trotted through the woods on all four legs my small brown and black frame dodging and weaving through the moon lit trees. I could feel the brisk summer night breeze caressing my body as I moved through it. 
Never truly getting to learn the lay of the land since my life here in BloodMoon was cut short, I didn't get to see the beauty of the Texas mountain range past the outskirts of the territory.