Shadows of the Forsaken Bond

side me, everything felt like it was jus

p my distance.

efly, his brow furrowing as if something tugged at his soul. But then he shook i

't matter. I told my

the damn pull

. The way my body ached with an invisible string tethered to him. Like the mate bond

etched wide above. The full moon cast a silvery glow across the trees, bathing the world in ethereal light. I

en I s

ke

lders tense, like he was wrest

ment, something in his eyes wasn't cruel

the smell of whiskey clinging

inside. Pretended like the bond didn't exist. Like

w," I whispe

didn't want to. Like he was trying to fight what the bond was doing to him,

muttered, shaking his h

flinch. I was used to pain. Es

ask for th

pped toward me, slow and uns

kin buzzed just being this close to him? The voice of

ed sil

kened, like he was slipping back behind the mask of control.

om his hand, thudding

ost hesitant, brushing my cheek like he couldn't believe I was real. I shivered-not

nt this," h

do I," I

he leaned in, I

anger and longing. We shouldn't hav

we

it, gave in. He pulled me closer, his arms strong and trembl

t. Our bodies collided like waves crashing against j

t of love. It wasn't gentle. It was a clash of fate

sweet words. N

And a loneliness we both t

new the next morni

I let myself believe

. maybe I ma