Fated Regrets

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neath me is too soft, too warm-too much like the past I once believed in.

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not bothering to m

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s meet, something

riend. My ancho

an's rejection, saved me fr

ed, his sharp blue eyes filled with something unreadable. The scar across

ment, neither

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a

his sides. "You sh

ugging at my chest.

ply. "That's bu

ays been my safe place, my unwavering protecto

ith my na

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what if something had happened to

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to K

ven t

had oth

re of myself,"

h. "Yeah? And who watched your

is gaze.

ession. Pain. Anger. And somet

voice dropping lower. "Y

e-familiar, safe, and yet tinged with

ae

"Every damn day, Selene. And now you

ked you to

ens. "You did

ce stretches

ly I almost d

lf off, exhaling sharply. He runs a hand through

t him fini

s about to say, everything will become e

sure I can

ch for the only d

ep b

ken, hurt flashing across

ely above a breath. "I didn't c

r laugh. "Too late

el and walks out, leaving me alon

er

care that

train with my warriors, my muscles b

nothin

r choice wh

can't I get he

ashing with defiance, the smirk that challenges me, the wa

all, I saw

t her. The way she

ent to the ground harder than necessary. He groan

fighting a wa

decision

cted S

e Li

r the best, that it was

like I made the bigg

to grab a water bottle, but before I

li

ounds, her crimson dress flowi

acted," she s

't an

ng for my arm. "I

don't know what yo

"Don't play dumb, Kieran. You'

ns nothi

s a brow. "T

how exactly do you

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in my j

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her eyes. "Ca

y no

e is all the an

her hand and steps back. "Yo

into me like a

't de

rst time in years,