Valentina's POV
Raccoon frowned. “What?”
“I mean… do I become one of him? Is that what this is?”
He shook his head. “No. It doesn’t work that way. You’re still what you're. But the bond...that’s something else.”
I turned away, eyes stinging. “You should’ve let me die,” I said bitterly.
Raccoon took a sharp breath and then, for the first time, his voice cracked too.
“Don’t say that.”
“You saw what he did to me.”
“I also saw what he did after.”
I blinked, confused.“What do you mean?”
He looked at the ground. “He broke down. He destroyed half the room trying to fight the instinct. He was screaming your name. He thought he had killed you.”
I swallowed hard. “Then why isn’t he here?” I asked, voice hollow.
“Because he’s afraid,” Raccoon said. “Afraid of hurting you again. Afraid of
