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Drying Land

Author: MarvyPen
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Rowan POV

I slammed the door to my room, my chest rising and falling with heavy breaths.

How could I be so careless?

I pressed my back against the wood, sliding down until I was crouched on the floor, my hands tangled in my hair. I could still feel Raven’s fingers brushing my skin, the shock in her eyes when she saw the marks.

I never should’ve let her get that close.

Lifting my shirt, I traced the scars again — those cursed lines that stretched like blackened veins across my torso. They pulsed, as if alive, as if reminding me they were part of me now. A stain I could never scrub clean.

My wolf growled low in my head.

She’s our mate. She should know.

“No,” I muttered, slamming my fist against the floor. “She doesn’t need to know this.”

I stood up, ripping my shirt off and throwing it aside. Looking at my reflection in the mirror on the wall, reflecting a body that no longer felt like my own. I used to take pride in my strength and my power as an Alpha. But now? All I saw was a broken
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