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Chapter 89
Edric's POV
I never wanted to tell her…I would have been happy to go to my grave with the secret. I thought I would get better, that the memories of the dungeon would fade to a bad dream once Alexander was dead, but now that I have more time to think instead of just reacting all the time, it feels like I’m getting worse. What’s infinitely more troublesome is that I started resenting Maya – started blaming her, our mate bond, for the torture.
I can’t rationalise it away, and Goddess knows, I’ve tried.
I put it off as long as I could, but there’s no way around it anymore. “The doctor says the external scars could fade over time, but…the internal damage may never heal.”
She looks so sad for me. But the expression on her face and the pity in her eyes – that’s what I can’t handle. “Why didn’t you heal?”
“My wolf was suppressed, and without him, I just never healed properly…and every day they made it worse, until the damage they cau
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