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Alessio’s jaw clenched tight as he breathed hard as if contemplating to tell me or not.

“I was not there when you needed me.” he finally said out loud, his hands clenching into fists, “I was not there when everything turned to hell for you and you were left alone to save yourself and me! What kind of pathetic man am I? What kind of mate am I?!”

“You were unconscious!” I walked over immediately to get closer to him, “I don’t blame you at all! You should not-”

“You can keep saying this but I would still hate myself for leaving you in such a situation alone. You were almost burnt to death, for fuck’s sake!” his hand slammed down on the railing behind him, “god damn it. I left you alone to die! How can I be unconsious when you cried out in pain? How can I lie there like a fucking dead man when you faught those people alone?!”

“Alessio-”

“And the worst thing is that when I was not with you, Liam was there. He took care of you and he saved you. And he saved me. Do you know what it feels li