[ Unseen, he draws in tighter. Anger fought with something else inside him. That gaping hole he always felt, like a physical wound in his chest. The reason he always cut ties with others before they could do the same to him. It always hurt less, made him feel less alone. But now? He felt it more than ever before. Because it wasn't just fear of losing her.
He'd been strong. He'd been an alpha. Free from all of these irritating emotions. Focused. Powerful. Returning from that just made him all the more aware of how much it all hurt. ]
You didn't know it wasn't me. Not right away.
[ It wasn't a question, but it was a stab in the dark. What he wanted to be true, so he could just cut this off right away. ]
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He'd been strong. He'd been an alpha. Free from all of these irritating emotions. Focused. Powerful. Returning from that just made him all the more aware of how much it all hurt. ]
You didn't know it wasn't me. Not right away.
[ It wasn't a question, but it was a stab in the dark. What he wanted to be true, so he could just cut this off right away. ]