Chapter 14

Roman

“Are you sure you don’t want to come to the pack run?” I asked for what felt like the millionth time. I frowned at the anxious whingy tone to my voice. I was beginning to sound desperate. Not a good look.

“Why? Are you asking me to run with you?” Murdoch said, with a teasing lilt to his voice. I grimaced at him.

A long time ago, when I was a different person, I probably would have said yes. But that was before my wolf became toxic and my needs changed. Asking someone to run with you as a hopeless romantic teenager was one thing, asking someone to run with you at our age was a sign of commitment. And as Murdoch and I had established many, many times, I was never going to commit. I couldn’t commit. It wouldn’t be fair to subject anyone else to Rue permanently. And if I was honest, I was already committed to Rue; to spending all my energy trying to keep her contained.

I made a scoffing noise in my throat. “You would be so lucky.”

Murdoch let out a bark of a laugh and shook his h