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'However pathetic you might look, that makes you something indeed.' Something—gods, to him, she was something. Her tail drummed against the earthen forest floor, deep, dark eyes flickering up to him every few heartbeats.
I'm... Deirdre,she spoke quietly.
Sverke, you...you don't...need to chase me.Preemptively, she flinched.
I won't run...
Not if he didn't want her to. If it meant she meant something, she would sit here and take it. Let him gnaw on her limbs, pull at her nape, tear at her skin—if it meant she would be something. Anything.
Shivers ran down the young wolf's taut body. Her heart beat in her throat—was it fear, or was it exhilaration? She didn't know. She didn't care.
