Chapter 0516


    “Hey, hey, hey. What is this?” He asks, pulling me into his chest, wrapping his


    arms around me.


    | sniff as the tearse. Clint picks me up, taking me to a nearby tree and sitting me in hisp sideways. He runs his thumbs


    across my cheeks. “Talk to me Lily bud.”


    “It’s just....it’s like losing my father all over again. Gideon is so proud to know that we''re a Guardian, but he knows he can’t be


    part of our lives because of my father. | didn’t just lose my dad, | lost Gideon too.”


    “Aww, baby. I’m sorry. | know this must be so hard for you.”


    He holds me until I’m done crying. Then he gets me a shirt from the ones stuffed into the trees for situations such as these


    before we walk back to the packhouse. “I need to check in with Patrick. I''lle look in on yourter. Maybe we can still have


    dinner, just make it something quieter. You go rest, I''ll be by in a bit.” He leans down, kissing my lips softly before heading to


    Alpha Patrick’s office.


    I''m walking through the packhouse, headed to my room, when | hear a couple of she wolves talking.


    “Now it makes sense why he was acting so interested in her.”


    “Yeah, it’s not because he really likes her, it’s because she’s a Guardian.”


    “But that means that they will have a connection all their lives. Would you want to constantly live in Lily''s shadow?”


    “Honey, she''d be living in my shadow, not the other way around.”


    On top of everything else, thest thing | need is to hear the unmated she—-wolves gossiping about my rtionship with Clint. It


    only serves to make me feel even worse, knowing that they are probably right. The only reason he’s attracted to me, even a little,


    is because I’m a Guardian.


    | head up to my room and run a hot bath. | want to soak, then | want to crawl under my nkets and hide away from everything.


    |y in the tub until the water turns cold. When | finally get out, my fingers are pruning. | wrap a towel around my body and walk


    into my room. Clint isying on my bed and | jump, startled that he’s here and so casually in my bed. | can see- that he’s


    showered and cleaned up after the rogue attack.


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    When he looks at me, his eyes go dark. “Lily bud. How was your bath?”


    “What are you doing in here?”


    “| told you | wasing to check on you.


    | turn and see that my door is still locked, then | look at my window, which is cracked open. Clint sits up. “Are you okay?”


    “Yeah.” | say, not looking at him.


    “Liar. Come here.” He says,ying back down and patting his chest.


    The idea ofying on his chest, letting Donovan purr until | drift off, forgetting about everything that happened today sounds


    perfect. But then | hear the voices. of those she-wolves and | can’t make myself goy with Clint. If he’s just doing this because


    I''m a Guardian, | need to keep my heart safe. It’s already feeling battered from all my family dramately.


    | watch as his eyes narrow at me. “Lily bud?”


    “I''m really okay, Clint. Thank you for checking on me.” | turn and go into my closet, grabbing some clothes and getting dressed


    before walking back out.


    He’s stillying on my bed. He pats his chest again.


    “Clint, | said I’m okay.”


    “Maybe I’m not okay, Lily. Pleaseey with me.” He says, and | don’t know how to say no to that. Or maybe, | just don’t want


    to. So, | crawl into bed with Clint,ying my head on his chest. Donovan immediately starts to purr, and | feel my body finally start


    to rx. | feel Clint pull a nket over top of us before | drift off to sleep.


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