ell door, I knew the real figh

ack as I slumped on the floor o

de burned from the fresh woun

air felt thick, heavy with damp

t I forced my eyes open when hi

a

e low and sharp. "Weak. Bleedin

iron. He stood tall, arms cross

the trees. The man I thought

ling me out there.

k? No, Eamon. I want answers. W

it easy for you? Did you feel n

wall, wincing hard. "You real

threat and struck. The bond hit

e something

ser. "I remember your face. You

r claws were buried in my ches

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know it was you until the end. Th

guilt every damn day since.

what I

. "Guilt? You want me to believ

ack from nothing? Look me in

t the bond snap the moment my c

now? Or do you need mor

fast. "You talk like it was so

re you are, still breathing my

t he

ck, voice stronger than I felt.

ing you up too. I see it in your

he growled, slamming a hand ag

ea what it is like remembering

in your eyes right

bars, ignoring the fire in my s

standing here looki

torn shirt through the bars

is breath hit my skin hot and

Why did you really do it? Did

nemy wolf

fist. The bond flared wild,

re. I saw black fur and struck.Only after did the bond hit me li

t I imagined the whole thing

ven closer. "Imagined? I was rea

ing to crush yours.

locked on his. "Stop talking a

bond is messing w

heads almost touching through

me want to hurt you mo

ugh. "Then why is your hand st

me so

y. "Because I want to see you s

red your face. Now I

said, not backing down. "But I s

ot lie, Ronan. It is eati

oice cracked just a bit. His fr

rs. Fingers dug in tight. Hatr

he air felt r

me here. Locked me up. Now wh

p your

d, I thought he might actually

n stretched so tight it hurt.

drowned

said finally, voice low and dan

ake you watch your pack fall ap

will end

the wall and slid down, breath

without another word. His foot

t silence and the

he cell swallowing me whole. Blo

d low, throwing long shadows ac

t my mind wo

e way his breath mixed with mi

at me fresh and strong now,

ho wanted me destroyed. The g

nd

my head back against the col

ttered to th

obably already planning his n

, I felt the truth clearer than

ot. And whatever came next

but the bond kept me wide awa

could n