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I love you so much I can’t breathe, but my sister is the one you need.
Even if I turned back time and stopped myself from being marked. Even if I’d clung to the guys and stopped us spending all those years apart.
I’d still have the asterisk.
This ability.
This scent.
This janky gamma body, built to repel.
“Solly.” Bare back resting in dirt, Dutch doesn’t twitch.
He purrs.
Balanced on his chest, I’m tickled with waves of soft rumbles.
Every breath in.
Every breath out.
His rocking motion and gentle sounds soothe the tentpole tension in my spine.
Even better?
Dutch doesn’t ask questions.
He purrs me loose.
My muscles soften. Fingers un-bunch. Knees relax. Even my throat unclenches, both flavors of perfume lulled by magic that has nothing to do with alpha.
It’s not Dutch’s dominance soothing me like a warm blanket.
It’s him.
The kid who gave me his clothes, his toys, his lunch.
The kid who gave me everything he had, even though I never had a thing to give him back.
I swear I’ll give him the truth he deserves.
In a second.
After Dutch stops purring.
When I can speak without my voice breaking.
“Solly.” His heart shimmers in his eyes, warm and blue as ocean water. “I’m sorry.”
“You’re—” I choke. He’s sorry? “For what?”
“Couldn’t keep you safe. Thought I lost you.” Dutch’s purr roughens. “Never again. I’ll never let you out of my sight.”
If I’m so good at lying, why is my head so blank?
Holding me close, Dutch lifts his upper body from the dirt. I slide down his hips, grinding his lap and bare chest. Before I can react, he curls around me, burying his face in my scarred shoulder.
His breath blowtorches my scars.
