EDWARD’S POV
“This is bullshit!”
Layla nearly rips the door off its hinges storming into the lodge and I catch it before it smacks me in the face.
The entire drive back from council headquarters, she barely said a word. She just sat beside me with her arms folded and her jaw locked so tightly I was half convinced she might crack a tooth.
I assumed she needed time to process everything that happened. Turns out she was just waiting until we got home to explode.
“They let him go completely free.” She whirls around to face me, fury burning in her eyes. “After everything he did. After everything he put me through.”
I shut the door behind me.
“Layla—”
“No.” She throws both hands into the air. “Laurent was paid off and it’s so obvious.”
I exhale slowly.
She’s rarely angry enough to sna
