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77 Choosing To Trust

Author: Karima Sa'ad Usman
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-24 23:07:27

Natalie

Fear clawed at my chest like a living thing. That’s the only way to describe it. Adrian had confirmed it—everything Professor Alester Nighthorn said was real. And worse, he was part of it.

That truth hit me like a punch to the gut. I panicked, because what else could I do? But then I looked at Adrian—really looked—and I saw something that shook me even more than the revelation.

Desperation.

In those sharp, haunted eyes was a man teetering on the edge. A man who could crush mountains if he wanted to—but right now, he was terrified. Not of me. For me. Of losing me. And that’s when I knew: he wasn’t going to hurt me. I could feel it in my bones. I mattered to him.

That had to mean something.

So I made a choice. Maybe a reckless one. Maybe the biggest mistake of my life. But I chose to trust him. I chose to believe that the monster wasn’t the whole of him—and maybe, just maybe, the part of him that still held on to his humanity was worth loving.

Besides… if I was doomed to fall fo
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Petagay Thompson
yessss girl now that's brave and grown. the mate bond is strong, I see. now only hope she defends him when ahe get to lisa
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Marlenny Fernandez
I’m guessing more is to come .!!! And I’m in for it. Let’s see how Adrian is going to stop this to happen. And what’s going to happen when they discover that her father gave her and her mother to the werewolves before he got killed or presume to be killed because I still thinking he’s alive
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Marlenny Fernandez
Yeap, that’s why I think dear uncle has a lot to do with Brian death or disappearance!! Because to me he’s still alive
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