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Ch. 49 - Too Late

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Gabe POV

Ruby ran as fast and as far as she could, each step widening the divide between us and cracking my heart deeper. We'd completed the bond, yet she still rejected me. The unfairness of it ate away at me. How could I feel so strongly, need her so badly, when she despised the connection we shared?

I knew I couldn't chase after her, so I let her go and tried to sleep. But rest wouldn't come. My soul felt shredded, every second apart a new tear in the fabric of who I was. Her emotions were a storm, battling to suppress her own and push mine away. I didn't want to torment her with the bond, so I tried to calm myself, clinging to the hope that one day, we'd be together without these barriers. Slowly, I felt her settle, and found comfort in the image of her drifting to sleep.

My eyes grew heavy, matching my breaths to hers, letting her steady heartbeat become my lullaby. She had no idea how much I needed this connection, how desperately I longed to love her with everything I had. My w
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