Kael’s POV
I didn’t sleep after she left the room. I sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, staring at the door she had walked through and trying to understand why those words came out of my mouth. I didn’t want to call her that, I didn’t even believe it, but the moment she touched me, something inside me snapped into defense and I reacted like a coward.
My wolf growled in my head for hours. He kept pacing, restless and angry, and every time I remembered the look on her face, he snapped at me again. I stood up and moved to the window, trying to find anything to calm myself, but nothing worked, and when the sun finally came up, I felt worse than I did the night before. I walked through the hall, and guards greeted me, but I ignored them, my mind on her and on what I had done.
I went
