Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Five
Lycans.
That should have been another myth, and yet I knew she was not lying.
Thane was a Lycan; loving him was a risk and yet I returned back to the room I shared with him; I needed to be reminded of his scent. Maybe I was indeed obsessed.
I should stay away; all the warning signs were there; the bruise on my back proved how harmful he could be when he loses control, and yet… yet I was still craving him; yet I still craved his scent; my sole purpose of visiting our room was because I needed a reminder that the six months I spent here hadn’t all been a dream.
I walked into our room, and that’s when I noticed something.
The floor was littered with flowers–red roses–and the lights had been turned off, the room only illuminated by candles. This place felt so surreal, reminding me of the date Thane took me on that day he had helped me switch into my wolf form for the first time.
On the table was a bottle of wine and two glass cups.
His scent… I could feel it, stronger now.
There was movement from the side of the room; the candle provided deem lights, but I could make him out easily. It was Thane; he was back, looking more beautiful than ever.
“Thane, you are back!,” I cried out, running into his hands. I inhaled his scent deeply; I could get drunk on it.
Obsessed.
That was what I had become. He said nothing; he simply let me cry in his arms. “I love you so much, Thane; please don’t ever leave me like that again.”
Thane titled my head so I could stare at him. I noticed the sparkle in his eyes; those lights hadn’t been there again. I had thought he looked even more beautiful; maybe it had been his eyes. Now he looked more surreal, more like a myth, like a fantasy, one I didn’t want to wake up from, afraid it would only slip away the moment I did.
“I don’t deserve you, Riley; I never have, never will. Yet I do not want to let you go; the thought alone… is so hard.”
“Then don’t think about it, because I wouldn’t either; it will always be the both of us, you and me.”
“You should be afraid of me.”
I know, but I am not.
“You shouldn’t trust me.”
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“I wish I didn’t.”
“It’s dangerous,” he whispers, almost a plea, “I am dangerous“.
“I know, but I want you, Thane, I need you in a way I have never needed any before”
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“I know what I am now, Riley, and I won’t blame you if you leave after discovering the truth,” he says, his voice genuine.
“I know the truth too.”
“You don’t”
“I know you are a Lycan; I know you are powerful, but you never stopped being Thane, the man I love.”
“The fact that I am a monster doesn’t change that?” He questions, his intense gaze on me.
“You are not a monster.”
“I hurt you; only a monster would hurt a person like you.”
“You can not control it.” I tried reasoning with him.
“But I should; I should be able to control it,” he says, and I knew what he was about to say next and I just couldn’t hear those words, not again.
“Please don’t Thane. I know what you are about to do, and I would not allow it. I won’t allow you to leave me, Thane; you can’t. You would never be a monster to me; I would always love you; you can’t cut me away from your life, please.” I say barely holding back my tears.
Desperate.
Thane drew me closer to himself, holding me tight against his body as if afraid I would slip away from his grasp if he didn’t. “I will never forgive myself for what I did to you.”
“Well, I forgive you.”
“You shouldn’t; I do not deserve your mercy.”
“Thane, let me help you. Let me be here for you.
“You cannot help me, Riley,” he says, those same words Bailey had said to me earlier. presence alone is all the comfort I need.”
I needed to say something, I needed to change the topic.
“I love the flowers,” I said to him and that was true.
“Your
“I’m glad you like it,” he says, taking my hand and leading me to the chair. I sat too quickly; I flinched from the slight ache in my back. Of course Thane noticed it.
“I am fine,” I said to him with a smile.
“Did you go to the healers?” he questions.
“Yes, and they said I was totally fine,” I said, trying to brush off the topic, but I didn’t miss the look in his eyes.
Regret.
“How did you discover the truth about what I was?” he questions, and I was glad for the change of topic.
“I had asked Bailey; she just needed a little bit more push to speak; she also talked about this former deceased king…”
“Rhaine. The king’s name was Rhaine,” Thane said. “What more did she tell you?” he questioned. I knew exactly what he wanted to hear.
“She told me about how dangerous you were going to become.” I said
“And that still doesn’t scare you?”
“No. It doesn’t“.
