Marked by the Alpha
he continued, his voice barely above a breath, "I promise I will never let it get that bad again. I promise I will find another way, even if it means staying away from you to keep you safe."
That got through the fog. Even half conscious, those words landed like a slap.
Stay away from me.
No. No, that wasn't what I wanted. I had spent weeks chasing down a man who flinched whenever I got too close, who pushed me away every single time I tried to get near him, all because he was scared of what he might do to me. I hadn't fought that hard, begged that hard, just to have him decide on his own that distance was the answer.
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