Chapter 4: Banished

Chapter 4: Banished

Natalie~

The sting of rejection still coursed through my veins like venom. Every word Griffin had uttered replayed in my mind, a loop of agony I couldn't escape. My mate—my supposed other half—had tossed me aside as if I were nothing, as if I hadn't been made for him. The bond, fragile as it had been without a wolf to anchor it, was gone now. All that remained was the hollow reminder of how pathetic I was, a feeling no one could see but one I felt with every breath.

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