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"I don’t have to" The other woman tilted her head a fraction to the side "You should see the way you watch hier, Talin"
Color threatened to fill her cheeks "Whatever is between us is our business You have no right to interfere"
Instead of being furious, Sascha shter "Pack is One Pack is family Interference is a fact of life Get used to it"
Talin’s anger flatlined into a coluuilt "I really a "I should have stayed away" Clay had ht to comatic response "But, Talin, those shields of yours? They’re the kinds of shields traumatized children develop"
Talin took a physical step back froentle, voice It was a voice that made her want to cry and scream and trust "Don’t try to manipulate ht-sky eyes "I’iven for whatever it is you think you’ve done, I’ll be there for you"
"It’s no use," she said, tone flat "I’" Time ran faster with every second
The cardinal shook her head in quiet reproof "Some wounds should be healed, no matter how much time has passed or how much time is left"
Talin stared at the floor, barely able to see through the swirling darkness of e need that threatened to destroy her world "After," she whispered, not knohy she made even that concession "After" After they found Jon "Maybe"
Clay followed Lucas enough of a distance that the woht "Thanks for co Talin upstairs when they had first arrived home
"You would’ve done the sa his back against a nearby tree trunk
Clay took the sarees to the left, a position that allowed him to watch the lair as they talked But neither of the for several minutes Leaves rustled, s a heavy gray crisscrossed with forest green
"She’s the one," Lucas said into the whispering quiet
"You see the future now? You going to tell me she’s my one true love next?" Flippant words but they cut like shards of glass
Lucas snorted "No I meant she’s the one you said Faith reht, aren’t I?"
Clay had snarled at Faith that day, alhn because of it "Yeah There’s not ht" Faith was a redhead to Talin’s brunette, Psy to her human "But they’re both stubborn and - " He shook his head "They’re nothing alike Maybe I just wanted to see what I saw"
"Maybe," Lucas agreed "You’ve been hung up on this Talin for a long ti like that can drive a man a little crazy"
Clay had never spoken to Lucas about Talin He stayed silent now, too
Lucas stretched out one leg, braced his arm on the one that remained bent at the knee "I don’t know her, but I know you And I knohen ahim"
Clay waited
"The pack women like you, actively seek you out I don’t knohy the hell they bother" He grinned "It’s not as if you’re pretty like Dorian"
Clay growled but hisDorian about his surfer-dude looks was a familiar pastime "What’s your point?"
"That you’ve never been in a single stable partnership"
"Luc, you’re a fucking gossip"
A bark of laughter "I’d be a bad alpha if I missed the fact that one of one possessive over a female, not even a little bit"
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