THEAI swallowed, my heart hammering against my ribs, and reached out to him. My arms slid over his shoulders, my fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt. He looked down at my hands, his gaze shifting up to mine. "Is that a yes?" He waited, his chest rising and falling in shallow, jagged breaths.'Say yes, yes, we need him too,' my wolf paced inside me, her voice trembling with hope.Hell, I couldn't leave him. I didn't think I had the strength to walk away even if my life depended on it. The connection between us felt like a physical tether, pulling me into his orbit until there was nowhere else to go.I nodded, my voice barely a whisper. "Yes."His face lit up, a sudden, blinding relief breaking through the usual stoic mask of an Alpha. "Really?"I smiled, the heavy knot of anger that had been twisting in my gut finally unraveling. It felt good to let it go. "Yes, Rowan. I’ll stay. I’m not leaving you.""Oh, my name sounds better hearing it from your little mouth," he said
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