Twelve

*CONAN*

I was happy to see the surprise on her face when she looked at me with complete disgust alongside the other ladies. I yearned to witness her pain—physical, emotional, and otherwise. Perhaps the glitzy emotions that have always drawn us against our will would fade.

By this point, I had assumed that my wolf must have given up on her, but with each passing day, I grow more and more distant from my own wolf.

*_She's being pushed over her breaking point, and I hope you don't regret it.*_ It issued a warning.

_*I would like to regret it for the rest of my days if freedom is the emotion of regret.*_ My mind and my beast are at battle once more.

*_What happens when she is welcomed into someone else's arms?*_

*_This is one of history's most incredible threats right now. I'll give the unlucky fellow a bar of raw gold even though no one can look at her twice.*_ I boasted.

*_You didn't bother to check on her welfare after you abandoned her while she was in poor condition.*_

And