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He said it so casually, like it didn’t just split my entire chest open.
"My inability to stay away is beyond me."
What does that even mean? I just stood there, blinking at him like a malfunctioning lamp post. All I heard was that his body, his instincts, his everything, wanted me. Still wanted me. Even after he threw me away like last season's fashion and picked another girl.
This. This was the thing I’d read about over and over again in the dusty books I snuck from the old archives. The bond. The cursed, beautiful, maddening bond that refused to let go. Even if you rejected it. Even if you lied. Even if you chose someone else.
I used to think it was some dramatic fairytale for lovesick wolves.
Now here I was. Living it.
My chest tightened. I took a step back from him, because b
