CASPIAN
She told me to stop and I listened, even when it was too late.
The door closed behind me with a sharp finality that echoed louder than the sound itself. I stood in the hallway, frozen, the silence of the corridor bearing down on me like judgment.
I could still hear her voice, small, strained, shaking in my head.
“Don’t touch me.”
That plea wasn’t one born of flirtation or coyness. She sounded like she was terrified, and it was because of me.
My jaw clenched until it ached. I turned away from the door as it burned
I had never had to worry about anyone but the pack before. This feeling was new to me! Worrying about someone else's well-being, apart from everything connected to my duty as Alpha.
No. It's nothing serious, it's because I need her now, it is not because of the way
