Chapter Nine: By a Hair's Breadth

  Layla clutched the dark leather wallet Alpha Canaan had left behind while he stormed out on her in the morning. She spared a glance at the wallet tightly held in her grasp like a lucky charm as she sneaked out of her hiding spot and into the back of the waiting delivery van. She ought not to have taken the wallet with her. She should have left it behind for it to be discovered by the hotel's room service and returned to its owner. Her eyes flinched at the thought of how he had rejected her without a second thought. He hadn't even considered how she felt.  Or had she been wrong?  She was certain of the pull she had felt towards him. It was nothing like she had ever felt, or her body wouldn't have succumbed so easily to his touch.  She wouldn't have experienced such unrivaled passion with him through the night. But it confused her. She thought the mate's bond worked on both sides. It affected both paired wolves, and it was undeniable. She bit on her lips, peeking through the t