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Chapter 40

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NIKOLAI

THE SOUND OF birds chirping was what woke me up. Soft. Unassuming. Completely out of place in my fucking world.

A low groan rumbled from my throat as I shifted, only to realize something heavy was pressed against me—someone. Their head rested in the crook of my neck, the weight familiar and welcoming.

Claude.

I exhaled through my nose, my eyes locking onto his face. Even now, even in sleep, he looked like something I shouldn’t fucking touch. Something sharp and fragile at the same time, something that could cut me open if I wasn’t careful.

Not that it mattered. I wasn’t careful. Never had been.

And no matter how many times I thought about it, no matter how I turned it over in my head, I still couldn’t wrap my mind around the fact that werewolves were real. That he was real. That every goddamn thing I had ever believed about this world had been a lie.

It fucked with me. Made me question everything. Made me run from him when I should have just accepted what was in front of me.

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Wow so glad Nikolai didn’t run away, I know he has very strong feelings for Claude hopefully it can work between them,
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