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12. Don't wanna feel

[Carys]

“Apologies,” Kian whispered, his tone stoic. His voice was tenderly cold yet deep, like a drifting melody on a silent, snowy night.

I blinked, lost in his intense gaze for longer than I should have.

“Lady Carys, are you ok? We are extremely sorry, we didn’t see you coming,” Jackson’s voice brought me back from the trance.

A trance dominated by flickering memories of the past that still washed afresh on my skin like a downpour in a desert.

His touch burnt through my clothes as he slid his hand from my arm to my elbow. I would have fallen if he hadn’t held me at the right time. I would have preferred falling than being saved by him.

Don’t you fucking touch me! Don’t you dare save me again! — The words screamed in my mind, yet I clenched my jaw, swallowing them down.

I wrenched out my arm from his grip and stepped away from him, breathing heavily.

My heart thundered in my chest, loud enough to fill the awkward silence that hung between us.

“I apologize for my carelessness, Alpha
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