CURSED BY MOON, BOUNDED BY BLOOD
chapter 31
patrick
you don’t have to carry this alone. I’ve been at your side through all of it—by choice. And still, you keep pushing me away.”
Lily’s breath hitches. For a moment, she falters, her defenses cracking. She looks away, her hands curling into fists.
lily
(quietly)
“Because I can’t lose you, Patrick. Not you. And if you get too close, if you know everything… you’ll leave. Or worse.”
patrick
(softly, taking another step closer)
“Worse than watching the person I love pull further and further away from me? Worse than feeling like I’m already losing you?”
Lily’s eyes snap to his, wide and filled with a mix of emotions—fear, yearning, and guilt. Before she can answer, Grimalkin’s voice cuts through the tension like a blade, light but carrying a sharp edge of mockery.
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