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He turned and ran for Alina’s roo to open it but it would not budge He could hear hishi flesh that cost him his control He rammed his shoulder into the door as he roared, "ALINA, OPEN THE DOOR!" He was afraid to use his power and basically blow the door open because he did not knohere in the room she was If she was close to the door, she could be hurt, so he relied on the strength of his wolf She screaain and he hit the door as hard as he could He saw a tiny sliver of a crack as it began to give way under his strength Bolstered by the progress he hit it again and again and again while over and over she whimpered and snarled and cried out in pain Finally he shoved as hard as he could and the door, and the dresser that had been holding it closed, gave way He was in the room a split second later, and his heart crashed into his ribs as he looked at his own and shift torn so that they fell away from her neck and shoulder Her hand rapped around the candle he had left burning on the night stand, and the skin where Serghei’s bite had been was burned beyond recognition He realized as he hurried to her side, his eyes locked on the wound, that she had been burning herself for a lot longer than she had been screa

"Mina, why?" His words were a whispered plea as he took the candle fro hand

She looked up at hi inside of hied for violence, to maim and kill and destroy the one who had put that look on her beautiful face

"I felt dirty and soiled I just wanted it off," she told hih the tears that streamed down her face "I would rather ured than bare another’s mark" Her shoulders shook as she sobbed

He pulled her onto his lap, wrapping his arainst him "I do not want you to endure any more pain To hear your screaony If I could take away every terrible ht there in silence for several moments, Vasile stood with her in his arms and laid her back in the bed Auriel was there without hi even asked with a cloth to clean the wound It would heal but there would be a scar

Vasile cleaned the wound as gently as he could She never oing anywhere, Mina," he tried to reassure her To his surprise and corabbed his arm She pulled until he sat on the bed next to her One small hand reached up and cupped his face, and he naturally leaned into her palm as if he had done it a thousand times

"I love you, Vasile Lupei," she whispered to hirey eyes from his

"Say it again," he pleaded

"I Love You My Alpha, my mate"

Her words and the passion hich she said the her in a way that he would never bestow on anyone else "As soon as you are ready I want to complete the bond I need to know you are mine in every way I need," he choked up on his words as he tried to express to her just how urgently he wanted her

"I know, and I understand I just wish you did not have to bind yourself to someone so broken," she ads Let my love heal you―body and soul Letthat I need Just as I ah this I believe that down to the marrow of my bones, but I cannot do it without you"