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217. Give
~ CASIMIR ~
There was a hush in her voice that made the bond clang so dissonantly that the words I’d had prepared just died on my tongue. Something in my chest shifted, and even though I was still furious, something muzzled me.
Warning shrilled in the bond. I felt it shiver between us and I snapped my mouth closed, clenching my hands to fists and trying desperately to leash myself, because I needed to think. But having her standing there, staring at me like I’d betrayed her…
It made my heart crack. And made me rail inside.
“Jesse… this isn’t about us.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake, Cazz. Of course it is.”
For a moment I didn’t move, didn’t say anything, made myself breathe and think and focus.
You call this love?
The implied accusation stung, because I did love her. And every wolf in the pac
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