Erick
Leaving her side was the last thing I wanted to do.
Every instinct in me screamed against it. The bond tethering me to Sophia pulled so fiercely I could feel it in my chest, an ache that worsened the farther I stepped away from her.
She was my Luna, the mother of my pup, the only woman who had ever tamed the storm inside me.
To walk away from her felt like betrayal, not just to her, but to myself.
And yet… her eyes had begged me to.
Not with words.
Not even with anger.
But with the hollow coldness that had replaced her warmth these past few days.
Every time I tried to hold her, she flinched.
Every time I reached out, she pulled away. Every time I searched her gaze for answers, all I found was distance.
I didn’t know why. And that was the part that gnawed at me the mo
