VERA'S POV
The warmth of Draven's embrace lingered long after I pulled away, his scent wrapping around me like a blanket. It was a strange comfort, one I didn’t know how to handle. But there was something I did know: this closeness was dangerous. It made me feel things I didn’t want to feel, things that would only make walking away harder when the time came.
And the time would come. Someday. Because it always did. No one I cared about ever stuck around for long.
The Moon Goddess might’ve bound us with this mate bond, but she didn’t know me. She didn’t understand the walls I’d built, the strength it took to survive this long without letting anyone in. I wasn’t going to lose that because of some arrogant alpha who thought he could dismantle me with a smirk and a few well-placed words.
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