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The one where he draws lines
“I know” I suck in a breath. His normally husky voice sounds guttural. “He is very excitable”
“You speak of him, like he is separate from you”“He is separate and not at the same time” His hands start drawing small circles on my waist.“How can something be separate and joined at the same time?” I ask him, confused“At any given moment, I am both the man, and the wolf , and at the same time, at any given time, the wolf is the wolf and the man.”“Explain further” I demand leaning closer to him. With his hands still preoccupied with drawing the circle on my waist, he does.“I told you earlier, Werewolves are both man and wolf. Our human part, the part where our humanity comes from, is what we are born with. We grow up learning moral cues, and socially acceptable practices until it is ingrained in us, because, for some time, that is what we are. Humans. Only, we are humans with the werewolf gene.”I listen to him closelyRelated chapters
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Unbidden awakening The one where I state my conditions.
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Unbidden awakening The one where I call my dismissive parent.
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Unbidden awakening The one where I'm invited to the bonfire
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Unbidden awakening The one where he gives her a gift.
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