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Ashly's POV

"You are leaving?"

I was arranging my clothes in my box unsure of what to take and what to leave or if I should even take anything at all when I heard Shaun's voice.

I turned to see him at the door, his expression frozen as he watched me, his eyes lingering on my half-packed bag.

I tried to summon up a smile but it felt a little bit stiff and unnatural on my lips even when I licked my lips and attempted to speak again.

"Dorian spared my life but I can't stay here."

For a moment he didn't say anything, he just stood there then an emotion I could identify finally showed across his face. Anger.

So much anger that I knew as he turned he was going to meet Dorian to pick a fight with him.

I stood up in a rush going over to him as quickly as I could, stopping him before he could do that.

"Shaun, wait!"

I wrapped my hand around his arm keeping him in place and his warm brown eyes fixed on me.

I had never seen so much pain in those brown depths before and it made my heart lu