Chapter 24: Confrontations and saying Goodbye

"I come here to talk," Killian said. "I won't come any further if you would prefer it."

I didn't speak. I was afraid even to dare to speak. My voice couldn't hold up talking to Killian. Everything I buried deep inside would come spilling out with my words. Instead of answering, I nodded at him, and he understood. He dropped his hands and sat facing me on the edge of my bed.

Even in my wolf's weak state, she tried to listen.

"I had to see you before you left. I need to explain myself before you hate me forever."

His words seem sincere, and I have difficulty believing in him. But my wolf believes in him.

"I want you to know I never intended to reject you," he began. "The day I discovered you was the happiest moment in my life. Maybe if you had stayed in the pack, I would have met you before Isabelle. I had my eye on you when I first saw you during your graduation. I thought to myself, maybe if you were mateless, I would have courted you. But after that, you disappear. And hardly join