Chapter 60. Sleeping Together

Hycinth

Morning dawned. And with it, a flood of memories from the night before crashed over me. Oh, no...what had I done?

The vivid scenes played like a movie in my head. Leander's passionate words right before he placed his mark on my neck, a symphony of wolves celebrating Nature's course, letting go of my inhibition at the shifter bar, caught up at the moment.

Laughing

Touching

Loving

The realization caused guilt to ricochet through my belly. I was wrong...so wrong. What I'd done was despicable. It wasn't right, and it wasn't fair for me to lead Leander on, to give him hope that didn't exist. I'd given the bond free reign. I allowed it to make me forget my reasons for being here...and why I had to leave.

I had to stop this damaging behavior. I was leaving because I couldn't be with him, but seeing him hurt, hurt me as well. I couldn't stop it. It was as Nature had decreed. And I didn't want to make that pain any more severe than it would a