The Triplet Alpha's Outcast
“It felt like a betrayal, even though I knew it wasn’t. A betrayal of everything I felt, everything I hoped for.”
I reached for him then, my movements slow and deliberate, giving him every opportunity to pull away, to recoil from my touch. I didn't want to startle him, didn't want to push him further into himself.
He didn’t. He stood his ground, a silent statue of vulnerability.
I placed my hand against his chest, right over his heart. It thundered beneath my palm, a powerful, erratic beat that vibrated through my fingertips, mirroring the wild rhythm of my own. The warmth of his skin, the tremor beneath my touch, were intoxicating.
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