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lp

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my head, raw and desperate, full of

I sa

omething that smells rancid. Tears streamed down her face, but what hit me t

dn't s

linded by her grief, until

or, my hands gripping her arms, steadying

tric

, my whole body reacting to her as

at her, my h

the tear-streaked cheeks and ruined dress. Her long dark

er seen h

mehow,

was

hit me like a

as my

wobbled, barely able to stand. "Ar

ords came out. Instead, her th

oured rotten milk on me... T

yes snapping toward the crowd ga

watching

attention to them. "Leave her alone," I war

one of them, a blonde girl standing too c

o are you?"

d slightly, my power leaking into

as the group shrank back, their faces losin

"If any of you so much as touch her again, I will mak

le

..the

of t

het

my mate, only t

as I scanned the

for her, my heart racing i

s nowhere

o

ing under my breath. Then, I exhal

the realiz

ought, staring at

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fists, my pu

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s my

no

to fin

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ra

down on me, soaking me to the bone, but I didn't car

reject

er lov

e, making my stomach twist in pain. My body felt weak, my

y person who had eve

gra

ds, I was shivering, my clothes sticking to my

my voice raw from crying.

was silence. Then, I

of a gun b

fr

randpa's rough voic

" I choked out,

his sharp eyes scanning me from head to toe. His grip on the shotg

oftened. "What the h

e instantly, the scent of wood and old books filling my senses.

d to my side. "Hey, hey, what's wrong?" he

throat tightened, and o

aged to say between sobs

le

eavy sigh. "That bastard," h

voice shaking. "He....he chose Mila over me.

his jaw clenching. He stood

that littl

m, shaking my head. "It's... It's over.

ng the gun aside. "Come here, kid." He pulled me into a

wn, somethi

hing was w

Grandpa... do you ever feel like

y before he turned and walked towa

don't know. I just feel

nto the fire, staring at the

ran down

do you

is eyes unreadable

uddenly fee

. "There's something I should