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Am I running away?
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2026-03-20 11:29:46
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CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE One week and we're done
SHAWN I'm still fuming as I stare at Kane's message. A part of me wants to lash out, to tell him he has no idea what I've been through. But another part... another part remembers the way he looked at me, the way he made me feel like I was the only person in the world. I take a deep breath, trying to calm down. It's been a month since I asked for time. A month since I walked away from the pack, from Kane. I've been trying to process everything, to wrap my head around the fact that I'm mated to a werewolf – a man who's decades older than me. Kane's 40, I've just turned 25. He was a pack alpha, a leader. And I'm... well, I'm just a human, trying to figure out my place in this crazy world. I glance back at my phone, at the messages we've been exchanging. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions, but being apart from Kane... it's been hard. My thumb hovers over the screen as I type out a response. "So what did you mean?" I ask, my tone softer now. The dots appear, and I wait, my
CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE What do I really want?
SHAWN One minute I’m sitting on my bed, still in yesterday’s clothes, staring at nothing in particular and the next, I’m waking up to sunlight cutting through the curtains and a dull heaviness sitting behind my eyes. For a second, everything feels normal. Then it comes back.The pack. The bond. Kane. I exhale slowly, dragging a hand over my face before reaching for my phone on the nightstand. A notification blinks on the screen. Mike. " I know you left.Just… whatever you decide, I'm on your side." I drop the phone back onto the bed and lean against the headboard, staring at the ceiling. “Of course you are,” I mutter under my breath. No pushing—just standing there, waiting for you to figure your own mess out.That was Mike. I don’t know what I’m deciding between. Walking away should be simple. Stay here. Go back to normal. Pretend none of this exists. I lean against the window frame. Maybe Mike’s right. Maybe this isn’t something I can just ignore until it goes aw
CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE You let him leave?
KANE I felt him leave.The noise from his room was enough to tell me he was packing. I chose not to intervene. By the time I stepped into the hallway, his scent was already fading from the space he’d occupied, replaced by the cold stillness of the room. No goodbye. No explanation. I didn’t alert the pack. This wasn’t something I could hand off like a patrol route. This was mine. I stepped outside and followed what remained of him—faint traces and disrupted gravel.I kept my distance. Far enough that he wouldn’t hear me, wouldn’t sense me watching. He slowed when the trees came into view. He stopped at the boundary. It was the same place he turned back yesterday. I stayed behind the tree line. He stood there longer this time. A part of me thought that he might choose to turn around, walk back, and give himself more time before making a decision he didn’t fully understand. He stepped over. Every instinct I had pushed forward—close the distance, stop him, pull him ba
CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE Am I running away?
SHAWN I lie there, staring at the ceiling, replaying Mike’s question over and over. Can you? Yes. I can leave. I can walk away. I can go back to my life and pretend none of this happened. Except— I didn’t answer him back. By the time the house goes quiet, I’ve already made the decision. I sit up slowly, careful not to make noise. The room is still dark. I grab my bag, packing quickly. If I stop, I won’t go. I pull on my jacket and pause at the door.This is the part where I should hesitate. I open the door and step out. The hallway is empty. I move quietly down the stairs, past the main room, toward the front entrance. Every step feels louder than it should.I reach the main door. It's now or never. Cold air hits immediately. The gravel crunches under my boots as I move down the path, past the training field, past the outer buildings, toward the boundary I didn’t cross yesterday. “This is fine,” I mutter under my breath. The path changes under my feet as I move fur
CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE This is not the space I asked for
SHAWN I walk past the house, all the way to the edge of the marked boundary and stop. I let out a quiet scoff. “Seriously?” I shove my hands into my pockets and keep walking, kicking at loose gravel. Mate. “This is insane,” I mutter. “Yeah. It is.” “You got a tracking device on me or something?” I ask. “No.” “Then how do you keep showing up?” “You didn’t go far.” “That’s not an answer.” I stare at him. “You said you’d give me space.” “I am.” I gesture between us. “This isn’t space.” “It is,” he says. “You stopped. I didn’t make you.” I drag a hand over my face. “This doesn’t feel like a choice.” “It is.” “Then why does it feel like I’m being pulled back every time I try to walk away?” “The bond doesn’t like distance,” he says. I let out a dry laugh. “Of course it doesn’t.” “It’s not me.” “Good to know you’re not stalking me. Just your supernatural connection doing the work.” “You’re handling this better than most would.” “I’m barely hold
CLAIMING MY SUNSHINE Who is your mate?
SHAWN I make it halfway down the gravel path before I realize I’m shaking from frustration. I stop near the edge of the training field, hands on my hips, staring out at the treeline. Wolves move in the distance, running drills under the morning sun. Unlike the chaos inside that house. Footsteps crunch behind me. “If you’re here to confiscate my coffee for safety reasons, I already finished it.” “Kane,” I say flatly. He stops a few feet behind me. Not touching. “I’m not here to confiscate anything,” he says. “Good. I was worried hydration would become a territory violation.” “You’re angry.” He added. “Brilliant observation. " “You don’t get to manage me,” I say. “You don’t get to dictate where I walk or what I eat or how I breathe.” “I know.” “Do you?” “Yes.” The immediate agreement throws me off. I narrow my eyes. “Then why are you doing it?” His gaze holds mine. “Because I’m trying not to do something worse.” “Worse how?” A muscle jumps in
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