~ A few days later ~
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"Lenny, dear, you seem to be doing a lot better," Annag told me.
I gave her a small smile, enjoying her company as usual.
Which is the only company I've allowed, by the way. As much as mine and Reika's little heart-to-heart touched me... I chickened out the moment I fell into Annag's arms. It was like all of my strength flew right out the window. I was just the broken little girl that I usually kept tucked deep inside of me.
It didn't take me long to realize that the only other time I did that was with Emrys. That day that I snapped at him for what he said about his mother. I knew it was the mate-bond that was helping to cause my meltdown that day, and what I'm going through now is very different from tha
