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She didn’t want him. She wanted me, just like I wanted her.
But I overreacted.
Composing myself enough to want to talk it out, I let go of a deep breath and tried to let go of that anger.
“Sara, I didn’t know if you felt the same, and I was afraid of—”
“No,” she said plainly with a shake of her head. She slowly backed away, almost like I was some sort of monster she couldn’t stand being near. “I don’t want to hear it. I’ve been with a shifter before, and I don’t want to find myself in the same position again.”
“It’s not like that,” I blurted, afraid of her shutting me out. “This is nothing like that.”
With pain evident in her eyes, Sara pulled in a deep breath. “Don’t talk to me. I’m done.”
The request stunned me into silence, and I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t fathom how everything changed so quickly.
All because I couldn’t hold myself back.
My heart seemed to go still, and my skin flushed. I wanted her more than anything, but to her, I was no better than Ryan.
Just another hot-headed shifter.
But I hadn’t been like that before her. She brought out that possessiveness in me.
Unable to process the rage and despair as they circulated within me, I respected her wishes and pulled away. If she didn’t want to see me or hear from me, then I would disappear.
I would do it for her.
Leaving my truck behind, I headed for the closest woods while my heart raced as that pent-up fury grew even hotter.
My wolf was pacing and begging to be let out. It was vehement from Noah and devastated by Sara all at once. There was no holding that pure energy back.
Once I was in the trees and hidden from town, I let it go.
I hit the ground on all fours and ran.
Chapter 24 - Sara
I didn’t think everything would fall apart so quickly, but it did. At that point, there was nothing I could do about it.
Walking away from Griffin and his ridiculous behavior left me torn. I was so angry for how he acted, and how he assumed I wasn’t capable of deflecting unwanted advances or making my own decisions.
Yet, seeing how devasted he looked was enough to break my heart too.
It wasn’t how I envisioned coming to terms with my feelings, but I knew there was no taking it back then.
Griffin’s inability to contain himself when it came to Noah was the proof that I needed that shifters weren’t for me. They were too quick to react, and most of the time, it was for their own pride anyway.
I just thought he had been different.
That relaxed, carefree man I knew before was unrecognizable then.
It hurt to see him act so aggressively, and it hurt even more to know I drove him away because of it.
After it went down in the park, I hadn’t seen either Griffin or Noah for the rest of the day, or even the next few days.
Time went by painfully slowly, allowing me to steep myself in every second of heartache. I broke off the arrangement and was in the middle of telling Noah I wasn’t interested in him in that way. It hurt to know both sides didn’t work out.
I knew that I needed to apologize to Noah again for what happened, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it yet. The wound felt too fresh, and the thought of facing him was mortifying. I didn’t know how to explain why Griffin did what he did or why we had a fake relationship in the first place.
