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118 Why Are You Helping Me

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Natalie

“Why are you helping me?” I asked again, more firmly this time.

Carson didn’t answer right away. He dragged a hand through his hair, exhaling like the question had been chasing him for a while.

When he looked at me again, his eyes weren’t sharp or guarded, they were misted with something else.

He reached out and touched my cheek, his hand warm and careful, like he was afraid I might shatter.

“Fate has a twisted way of doing things,” he said softly.

I didn’t interrupt. I couldn’t.

“That afternoon in the woods…” His voice trailed off. “I wouldn’t have hurt you. Not then. Adrian may have come for you, but my wolf…” He glanced away. “My wolf would never have hurt you.”

He didn’t say the rest, but I could feel it. There was more. A reason buried beneath the layers of politics and war and blood oaths. Something personal. Maybe even primal.

But he wouldn’t give it to me.

Instead, he stood, slowly. The moment between us dissolved like steam.

“I think you should freshen up. Get some res
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Joyce Umukoro
am with you on this one, he is just not her guy
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Marliey Ntsielo♟️
Carson is manipulative half man half animal
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Marlenny Fernandez
So, is Carson going to fool himself there and pretend he doesn’t know why Adrian did that??? He’s so caught up with his self that he’s ignoring that Adrian did it Nat
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