Kimi's breath caught in her throat, disbelief washing over her like a cold wave. She could feel the weight of his head settling against her shoulder, his proximity both familiar and foreign after all these years.
"I'm sorry. I'm the one who destroyed everything. Do whatever you want to me."
His whispered words sent vibrations through her hair, his breath warm against her ear. A sharp ache bloomed behind her eyes while her heart hammered against her ribs with such violence she feared it might shatter.
This was exactly what she had desperately craved four years ago. These were the words she had longed to hear during those endless nights when she wept for him to come back to the pack, when she had convinced herself that his cruel rejection had been nothing more than wounded rage.
Four long years.
