The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
That feeling when my body did not move – would not, could not, was not free to.
The air left my chest in ragged gasps, my ribcage began to shake. My hands trembled, a dull ache flashing in my fingers, as if rope and pressure and memory had all torn their way back from the past.
And then it broke from me.
“No… no!” I cried, hoarse, almost childlike. “Please, don’t… don’t do it! Don’t… hurt me! Please… don’t!”
My eyes filled with tears, my body arched tight, I tried to tear my arms from Aedan’s grip, but there was no true strength in me – only the choking, paralyzing tremor of panic.