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I shakeh the brush All I know is I need to be away froain The cold air already hasfor breath Good I want to feel that pain I push hout my body

This isn’t real Denial seeps in It can’t be real And yet, when she calls out again, coo back to her, I know damn well it is real

Co to take control He doesn’t think He only acts A rowl erupts from my chest

At ith myself, I force myself farther away from her Only to protect her, and yet she cries out that I’m her mate and I can’t leave her

How could she think I’d leave her? It’s because she thinks she controls round Barreling between trees and ducking under fallen limbs

She needs to learn She needs to learn to trust ht she did

The e of the forest, breathing heavily and far too aware that the clai is broken I did not lick the wound clean I did not lie with her after the deed, under the light of night

How could I? With her in pain and our trust broken, that wasn’t ever an option

I will heal her I will take away her control and give her true security I will teach her to trust me I’ve failed her as a uise of control No more My silver eyes narrow as I sprint back to her I’ll take her away froer and I’ll fix this I’ll ht

Veronica, ht

My conviction is firm: I won’t rest until I’ve truly claimed my mate Every bit of her Her past and her future

Only when I get there … she’s already gone

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