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Her eyebrows rose “You shifted?”

“Yes It was out of my control, at least it felt that way” But that wasn’t exactly accurate He’d begged Ashwood to take hie to do it”

She looked at Ashwood, and he nodded “And how did it feel?”

“Honestly?” He shivered, reliving that insistent co, and yet…exhilarating”

“Well, it is your true nature, and you’ve been subverting it I i”

“I asked him to seek your advice,” Ashwood said “Because if he decides to shift again, I don’t want hirets I’m not certain hoell the suppressant ork once one’s wolf is fully unleashed”

“You’re saying you want to suppress it again?” she asked Bellamy

“Perhaps,” he replied, his gut churning “I’m not sure the life of a wolf is one forI’ve witnessed”

Ashwood grimaced, then looked away, and Bellamy remembered his words

“I just wanted you to see that we’re not savages”

He empathized now With the call, at least

“I understand” She looked off into the distance as if conjuring the details of what she knew about the suppressant she’d helped develop “It will becoer you allow yourself to shift”

“I was afraid of that,” Bella the shelves It was still hard to believe that a o he and the other lads would wear one of the bloouests

Everything had been flipped on its head since then

“I will be available to help hiain,” Ashwood said

“No, Ashwood, you cannot be at my beck and call” But wasn’t that exactly what he’d done? Left his pack and waited Given up everything toBella to do with hi—”

“You are my life,” Ashwood said with fervor, but then his shoulders slumped “Or you were”

“Ash…” Bella, and he wondered if his emotional turmoil was evident on his face

An aard silence greeen the Madae

She cleared her throat “Perhaps you need to give in to the urges once again beforean irreversible decision”

“Yes, perhaps,” he replied, notAshwood’s eyes “If only for the experience” The mere possibility made his pulse tick up