![]() ![]() ![]() Our fathers tell us, and our brothers, and the world around us. It’s what women are told we should want from birth. ![]() When I wanted children and domestic idyll. Why was she crying? “There was a time when I wanted marriage, you know. Tears sprang in her beautiful violet eyes, and an ache started in Whit’s chest. I fear a life of half measures, full of shadows of emotions and hints of possibilities and a thousand things I might have had if only I’d reached a bit farther.” I fear the wide world and the way it stares at me and sneers at me and whispers about me when it thinks I cannot hear. “Of course you can’t.” The words cut through him like a blade. Made in the terror that one day, someone I love would face danger, and I would not be able to save them.” He exhaled on a shuddering breath. Her brow furrowed and he pressed on, shaking his head. Never allowing others to set you on a path.” He paused, then told her the truth. Always knowing what you want and how you intend to get it. ![]() And it gave him more pleasure than he could say. “It’s not often someone calls me that without fear in the word.” “I believe that without question.” He wished she counted him among them. “You’re not the only one with loyal friends, Beast.” ![]()
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