Moonbound Desire

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well, but I had fought better. The stunned silence in the training hall had

m. The real issue was tha

reath, he was watching. Calculating. He had suspected before, but now he knew I was

ds led me back toward the room they had thrown me into the night before. N

turned before they could close the

ith scars down his arms, crossed hi

olling my shoulders. "He does

The door slammed shut, the

n a hand through my h

h energy, a battle high I hadn't indulged in for too long. But the

little time, but Kad

d stone. The moon was high, bathing the courtyard in silver lig

not impossible. The real problem wasn't leaving- it

. If I couldn't run, I'd have t

The door creaked open, and the scent of cedar and something

ow, deliberate grace of a predator in no rush to

us before he finally spo

ifted. "

tened. "You too

ned against the stone w

as low, edged with something unreada

ug. "

ed into mine. "W

, but it still sent a rip

emories, I met his gaze wi

witched. "Lying to me

is holdin

room felt smaller, the air

t say

owed. "Then w

something in the way he looked at me-like he already kn

gho

cross his face, too f

lips. "No pack. No home.

n't waver. "Tha

inside me

k

e walls hadn't moved, but the

t my sides, nails pressing

. "You're the las

d spent years running, hiding, erasing m

gh that warmth radiated off him. "

r than intended. "Guess

exed. "Tha

gh escaped.

, searching for something I didn't want him to find. Then, so

real questi

who had been slaughtered that

.. By choice..

ced the memories away.

answering, he did something far worse. He smirked- A

id, voice quiet but firm. "

est. "You have no ri

s expression darkened. "Esp

y name sent a shi

ff the wall, closing the spac

sti

," I continued, voice

ind his eyes, something

most missed it, his g

rough me, shar

nough for his breath t

ing deep in my chest. He wouldn'

the smirk returni

wing a punch and- goddess forbid-grabb

in my expression, because

ode to the door. He didn't need to lock i

t torn open. Dropping onto the edge of the bed, I exhaled slowly. The past