JackMorning came faster than I wanted.The light slipped into the room in a soft gold line across the floor, touching the edge of the bed. I didn’t even move at first. I just lay there and breathed in the scent beside me, warm, soft, sweet… my mate.Nora.She was curled up, her hair scattered on the pillow, her lips slightly parted. She slept like someone who had fought the whole world and finally found a place to rest. And somehow… I felt both proud and guilty as I looked at her.I sat up slowly, pushing the sheets aside, but my eyes never left her.She was so beautiful.Too beautiful.Sometimes it scared me how much I wanted to protect her, hold her, kiss her, keep her close, and at the same time… how much distance I forced between us. It didn’t feel fair. It didn’t feel right. But I kept doing it because I was trying to protect her from things she didn’t understand yet.But the truth?Every time I pulled away from her… a part of me tore inside.Alvin, my wolf, hated it more than m
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