A Dorm With My Alpha Mate
I stood, my body trembling, a sapling in a hurricane, but I stood.
The walk to the door was a marathon, a journey of a thousand painful steps, each one a victory, each one a defiance. I leaned against the doorframe, breathing hard, my vision spotted with effort. The hallway stretched before me, an impossible mile. I pushed off the wall, a soldier on a forced march. My footsteps were slow, shuffling things, an old man’s gait. The sounds from outside grew louder, the scuff of feet, the clear ring of her voice.