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~Zane’s POV:

I sat at the edge of my bed, face buried in my palms as my mind replayed my interaction with Cana.

Oh, why did I snap the way I did? She must have been scared of me by now.

‘Damn,’ I cursed, knowing fully well that even under the minimal pressure she was putting me under by asking those questions, I should have kept in check.

But for some reason, I snapped, and I-

Ah, I sighed and cut my thoughts off before they could travel any further. Thinking about what I did to Cana shouldn’t be so discomforting, yet it was. Perhaps because I knew my actions would bring forth a boundary of walls that I was working on breaking down.

I stood up from the bed and took a deep breath, willing myself to calm down.

It worked, and after a few minutes, the raging desire that was ready to take over my body was tamed and I was able to think about the more pressing matter at hand.

Cana wanted to know all about the creatures that attacked. Somehow, she seemed to have a hunch that I knew what th