Elowen's POV “You had to,” I mumbled into his chest, the words muffled but true. They’d gone to hunt down the rogues, to protect the territory, to do what they had to do. “We should’ve taken you with us,” Alaric insisted, his hand brushing my hair back from my face, a gentle, comforting gesture. “Even if it was dangerous, you would have been safer with us.” “I told you I was fine,” I whispered, my voice barely audible. The words tasted like ash. I had lied, not maliciously, but out of a desperate need to not be a burden, to not be the reason they hesitated. “You lied,” Ranon stated simply, his voice devoid of accusation, filled only with regret. I let out a breath that was almost a sob, a ragged sound that tore from my chest. “I didn’t mean to. I just… I didn’t want to be the reason you didn’t go. I didn’t want to be a weakness.” His arms were around me a second later, pulling me against his broad, solid chest. Warm. Fierce. Binding. It was a possessive embrace, but one born of
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