Chapter Twenty: Apology and Acceptance

Niklaus watched Layla rush out of the kitchen with a gobsmacked expression on his face. He blinked out the confusion, looking towards Akila for answers. Akila tightened her mouth, pulling her shoulders tight. "Is Layla pregnant?" Niklaus asked, his expression serious. Akila hesitated. "Yes," she answered through clenched teeth. "We weren't aware of it either. We only found out about it last week," Akila rushed through her words at the flash in Niklaus's eyes. Niklaus rubbed his palm down his face, sitting back in his chair. Silence settled around the table untill he finally asked, "Does she know who the father is? She wasn't sexually abused, right?" He would kill her father if he had done that to her. He already disliked the nameless Alpha with passion due to the atrocities Akila had mentioned he committed against Layla. "No, she wasn't sexually abused." "Is the man a part of her clan?" Akila squeezed her mouth. "No." "Then who is he? Why isn't she with him? Did he hurt her