Alec
I step aside but don’t go far. I could feel the charged air around us, but that wasn’t my main concern. No. It was the woman curled into a ball, looking like her whole world had been upended.
I hated seeing her like this. I hated seeing the pain in her eyes. I wanted to do everything to help her. To ease her pain. To protect her.
It’s only been a few weeks since we found out we were mates, but she already has me wrapped around her pinky. She would never understand. Hell, I don’t understand it either. She would never believe me if I told her, but it was the damn truth.
My hands clench as I try to hold myself back from gathering her into my arms. I have to fight the need to be with her. To hold her. To comfort her.
Everything inside me was pushing me, begging me to go to her, but I
