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Warm golden energy is pouring into me, but my wolf refuses to accept it, driving it back. It wants peace, just like me. It wants to rest, to be away from the world that has only ever been cruel to us. But the warm energy keeps coming back, determined to find a way in.
My wolf is too tired to fight it.
Something warm is being forced down my throat. It's an uncomfortable sensation. My body is rejecting it, but like the energy, it's being forced into me.
The darkness is fading slowly, and try as I might, my hold on it is becoming weaker and weaker.
My wolf is deeply unhappy and listless, but it is no longer fading.
I once again sink into the abyss, only this time, there is no contentment within it, just a tiredness that I can't shake off.
The next time when I wake up, I hear voices arguing.
"…should never have trusted you! She was doing fine until you came here!"
"I was trying to save her!"
"Her wolf is dying because of you."
Is that Tony's voice?
"You could have avoided this whole situation had you just trusted her from the start! You could have broken the news to her in a more appropriate manner. You made this mess, Adam. You're the reason she is like this. You should have never come here. You should have let her build her life the way she was."
"I never wanted this to happen."
That's Adam. He sounds miserable.
I don't want to hear anymore. I just want to sleep. I close my eyes.
This time when I wake up, someone is sitting by my side. It's a familiar face.
Maya's eyes widen. "Cynthia, you're awa––"
"Don't touch me," I manage to speak, my voice scratchy. I don't have the strength to move my hand away from hers, but she drops mine automatically.
Her eyes grow wet. "Cynthia, please don't be like this."
"I-I don't want to see you," I struggle to say.
"You have to talk to someone." Maya wipes her eyes. "You can't waste away like this. You have Riya to think of."
"Riya," I breathe, her very name, painful. I want to see her, but I squash the desire. "She has her father."
"Adam can never fulfill your absence," Maya responds. "He can't be Riya's mother!"
"He'll give that role to Tina," I whisper, feeling weary.
"Cynthia," Maya lets out a moan, grabbing my hand, "that's not how things are!"
"Leave me alone," I tell her, not wanting to hear anything. "I don't want to see you or Tony again. You should've let me go. Why bring me back? Did Adam pay you? Is it amusing to watch me get trampled on?"
"No, no, no," Maya weeps brokenly. "Cynthia, things were so complicated. We had to get you out of there. We weren't trying to hurt you!"
"I don't want to listen to your lies." I give her a dull stare. "Why did you bring me here?"
"You were dying! That shifter had wounded you. You were––"
"I know," I state.
