Gideon
Riva threw me out of her apartment in the morning. Okay, that was me exaggerating. She suggested that it was time to leave.
“I told you that you should have gone all the way. She’s upset. It was like being rejected times two.”“It didn’t feel right. I didn’t have a condom, either.”“You really thought there would be nobody else after Suzanne?”
Even the wolf had become gentle, understanding how much of a loser I felt.
“She was all I knew,” I said, with my head bowed. It was unfair to start something with Riva when Suzanne still haunted my dreams. Whether it was love, the mate bond, or guilt, the feeling was still strong enough to give me pause. She wouldn’t have been dead if I had left the pack long before things went further downhill. I got out, but she was gone forever.
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