Kieran's POV,
“It… it’s nothing. I just heard your scream and came to check on you.”
“It was just a nightmare… a really bad one.” Mira’s lips trembled as she whispered, glancing at me. My wolf stirred at the sight of her, drawn to her in a way that made my chest ache with yarning I couldn’t ignore.
I didn’t know how to say why I was here in the middle of the night. How could I tell her that I couldn’t stay away after what I felt? That the mate bond pulled me to her side, no matter how hard I fought it? That I missed her so deeply, it felt like a wound every time I tried to keep my distance?
The truth was like a burden in my head and saying it out loud would only hurt her more. I’d already hurt her with how rude I’d been, how I kept shutting her out instead of giving her the answers she
