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067: Stolen Moments

Penulis: Bee Diaz
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-11 06:05:16

ARIA

The first person I see as I walk into my History class, as expected, is Ryder.

My heart threatens to beat right out of my chest. Memories of the last time I saw him flood my mind uncontrollably and make my cheeks flush.

The way he's looking at me doesn't help, either.

Blushing, I make my way to my seat. I have this sudden urge to turn to him and touch him somehow. Maybe even kiss him. But I know behaving this way would be very reckless of me.

It wouldn't make any sense.

His eyes remain on me for the entire lesson. I can feel it. I'm not paying attention to a word Professor Denver is saying—and when Ryder touches my hair, twirling the locks around his fingers, that's when I lose all concentration completely.

I lean into him as far as I can without being suspicious. Honestly, right now, I don't care about what anyone else is doing. Whether they're watching us or not. Whether we'll be caught. I'm lost in the moment, and all these vivid images are filling my mind now.

It feels
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    ARIAI'm not paying attention to History at all, even when Professor Denver calls my name loudly and tells me to.I just can't find it in me to care.The rest of the day goes by like this. By the time my last lesson rolls around, I don't even bother pulling out my notebook. I thought I would feel angrier, thus more in control of myself, when I saw him, but it has demoralized me completely because my wolf still calls to him in ways I can't understand.He betrayed me. Took me for an idiot.Why, oh why, can't I find it in me to hate him as much as I should?I immediately blame our bond for this, which is why I wanted to reject him. But he didn't give me a chance to do it and I didn't try again.I should've, but I didn't.Instead, I let him walk away.I don't know when I'll have another chance to make it happen when I'm genuinely terrified of being close to him. I'm so afraid of falling for his lies again that I'm willing to do whatever is possible to stay away from him.I don't even know

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