Chapter 129
Chapter 130
“Ayla, I need you to come back to me little wolf. I need to get you inside. You need to get your wolf under control now so we can go in and clean up. Get something to eat and some rest, okay?” Thane asks very slowly and calmly. He voices washes over me like silk, and warmth pulsates through the bond, bringing me down from my heightened senses and making me feel safe. I can feel Aramana receding back within my mind and the power dimming down within me. “That’s it little wolf, take back control. Come with me. Thane puts my hand in his and leads me back into the cabin and up the stairs to the bathroom and restarts the tub.
I look at him and notice that there is blood on his hands. “Are you hurt? Did we? Wait, did I hurt you? Oh no. I am sorry, I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to use my power like that. I didn’t want to hurt you, it just happened. It…it just…oh no.” I feel like I am starting to panic and spiral. “No, no, no. You didn’t hurt me. You reacted to keep me from her, that’s all it was. I know you wouldn’t hurt me little wolf. It is okay.” I don’t feel a hint of anger or resentment in the bond, just a calming reassurance. “I shouldn’t have done that. I didn’t want you to touch her. I just didn’t want you near her. I am sorry.” “Look at me Ayla.” I look up into Thane’s green eyes and they anchor me. “I don’t blame your reaction. She said a lot of hurtful things. A lot of lies. I can’t blame you. Besides, I don’t want any men touching you either.” he attempts to lighten the mood and smiles at me, but it isn’t working. “You are bleeding, I hurt you.” “It isn’t my blood Ayla p>
I look down at my hands and the
last few minutes start hurling bare trembling. Shaking really and covered in blood. Not my blood. Della’s. The
last few minutes start hurling back and the dam to the flood gates of guilt breaks away. She was someone’s pup. A friend, a member of this pack and I ripped out her heart and left her outside like garbage. I look up into the mirror and see the trash Della was describing outside. I see the pack rising up out of anger because I killed one of their own. I am not theirs. They don’t know me and the night I am mated to their alpha; I kill one of their pack
members brutally.
“Hey no. Come here little wolf. We aren’t doing this. What happened with Della had to be done. It was either you were doing it or me. I would have preferred me, but it would have been the same outcome at some point. She wouldn’t let it go. She wouldn’t have stopped. She was too set on winning something that wasn’t up for grabs. Me.
said to you were wrong, and untrue. She clearly doesn’t know the pack or have much faith in them for her to say that. I know my people, they wouldn’t react that way. Della was wrong on so many levels little wolf. So many. You can’t shame spiral. You can’t feel the guilt; it
friend.” “I a am afraid I lost that friend a long time ago Ayla. Long before wasn’t your fault.” “I am sorry I took your you and never realized she was gone p>
You have me. You have all of me and I have you. The things sh
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