Thoughts of the heart

Killian wants to take his mind off Brynn, off the hate, the rage, and the painful thought of her that feels like it would eat him alive.

All this time, she was right under his nose; the sources that he had read as part of his investigation showed that Ezra's only child had died, which is why he didn’t even bother at the time to look into her name.

And that was a grave mistake he made. What were the odds that she was alive and right under his roof? All the nights he had spent with her, both pleasant and unpleasant; all the secrets he told her; the fact that he trusted her;

He had tried to look over the fact that Brynn was from the Gold Crest pack, but this was worse: she shared the same blood as his sworn enemy, and she knew all this time that he couldn’t forgive her.

He hated the tight feeling in his chest when he gazed down at her naked, wrecked frame; he wanted to reach out to her but had stopped himself and instead stormed out of the room, not to give into his inner temptation.

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