Jaxen POVThis time was different.Scarlett didn’t turn her face away the second she saw me. No familiar flicker of irritation, no awkward dodge. Instead, she looked… repulsed. And somehow, that stung more than her old clinginess ever had.I used to take her constant need for me for granted. The way she’d wrap herself around me like a damn koala, those sparkling eyes locked on me like I was her entire world. I’d push her off sometimes, annoyed by how glued she always was. But she never took the hint; she just kept coming back, happy and relentless.Now she couldn’t stand being in my arms.When had those bright eyes gone dull? When had I blurred into them, replaced by everything else in the room? She wasn’t looking at me anymore. She was looking for an escape.My wolf stirred inside me, a low, restless growl vibrating through my chest.“Allen! There’s a creep here, help
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