Fated Curse

“I don’t need you to protect me….not someone like you. Why can’t you leave me alone! Let me die if I have to! I’d rather that… than staying with you.”

The words hit Kain like a bullet to the chest. He clenched his hands at his side, his teeth grinding hard together. He had to resist the urge to dig his claws through her lips and pluck her tongue from her mouth. How dare she utter such words? He was merely protecting what belonged to him, as expected of a master, yet it seemed his dog was biting his helping hand. For a while now, he almost couldn’t recognize the Denise that stood before him.

The stare she was giving him, was a familiar one…one that looked the same as when his mother had given up on him. He couldn’t help but chuckle darkly at the thought. What was the last straw this time? Refusing to let her leave his side? Or threatening to bound her like a prisoner? Which one made her like this?

Better yet, did that even matter? No. None of that mattered. There was a bond between the