I had stood within the courtyard for a moment, unsure what to do or where to go. My body betraying me as it trembled. Neither Lachlan nor Marcus had been willing to listen to me. Neither one felt I deserved a chance to explain. I did not know if I felt angry or upset, potentially a mixture of the two. But I knew I did not like the hurt I had seen within Lachlan’s eyes.Yet, the crazy thing was, I knew that I owed him nothing. I knew I didn’t. He had hurt me time and time again, but that bond that tied us together… that bond we had yet to break made hurting him that much harder, whether he deserved it or not. I had, in my lower moments, desperately wanted to hurt him. Cause him the same pain he had caused me. But, when it came to it, I could not bring myself to do anything that would cause him further pain...“Are you okay?” A voice spoke from behind me, a warm hand appearing upon my shoulder, and I turned to find Corey standing there, a c
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