Madeline:\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the middle of the night, I grabbed my blanket, got up from the bed, left the room, and then settled onto the same couch where Baxter was lying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d he asked sleepily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStretch your arm out,\u201d I demanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stared at me for a moment and then obeyed, stretching his arm out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lay next to his body, my back against his front, and then rested my head on his bicep. I wrapped his arm around me and covered us with the blanket.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a few seconds, he did not move, but that did not make me get up and leave him. I stayed there, waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should not have-\u201d he took a deep breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As he began to speak, I hushed him by biting his bicep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the f- oww,\u201d he grunted, complaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeak more and I\u2019ll bite you more,\u201d I warned him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then he started to slide his other hand under the blanket and hugged me tightly from behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His muscular arms folded around me, pulling me in and holding me completely while we stayed under the blanket.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd don\u2019t ever think that you\u2019re my weakness, Baxter,\u201d I whispered. \u201cThey had a gun pointed at Bodhi, and trust me, even when they were attacking you, I did not feel like you had become my weakness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I whispered that, and then I had to tell him one more important thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEven with my wolf, I could not transition because they came in using power and our loved ones against us. So no, it was not your fault. In fact, you surprised me when you were able to fight them even without a wolf,\u201d I murmured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His arms tightened around my body even more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His forearm brushed against my lips as it bent over my shoulder, crossed over my neck and reached toward my underarm. He had his other arm wrapped around my stomach, reaching beneath my right breast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing is, Baxter, we are each other\u2019s strength, weakness, everything. Don\u2019t limit us to just one thing,\u201d I whispered, my hands running over his hands as I tightened the hug around my body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen promise me you will never let them touch you again, no matter what,\u201d he whispered the same words into\u00a0<\/p>\n
my ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even after telling him so much, he still did not understand that it was not because of his weakness, but because there were other people involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
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However, at that moment, I realized that he just needed comfort, so I said it to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine, I will not do it. But promise me you will not take everything onto yourself, and that you will not hide anything from me,\u201d I told him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The minute I said that, he cupped my breast from underneath and pressed it, almost like his way of asking me to explain myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t tell me about your wolf, or what they did to you,\u201d I whispered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to know everything they did to you,\u201d I insisted, turning around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After forcing his arms to loosen just enough for me to turn, the moment I faced him, I gestured for him to hold me again, to wrap his arms around me the same way he had before. So he did, hugging me extremely tightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey called the Moon Goddess and struck me with her curse,\u201d he whispered. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was barely any space between our bodies or our faces.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I asked, my hand resting beneath his jaw, my thumb gently tracing along his jawline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey killed my wolf, Madeline. My wolf is taking his last breaths inside me,\u201d he whispered, then quickly buried his face in my neck. I realized he was not ready for this conversation yet. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, it worried me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I remembered the words spoken to me earlier, that once he turned human, he would be sent into the human\u00a0<\/p>\n
world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If that happened, would I never be able to see him again? Or maybe if my wolf died too, I instantly shut my mouth and closed my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then my wolf growled inside me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is okay to love someone, but it is not okay for you to think of me dying, just so that you could be with him,\u201d my wolf hissed before she went silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had no response for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt extremely guilty for having that thought, but it had occurred to me in a brief moment. Of course, I was not going to act on it, because that would mean my children would be left here alone and also because I loved my wolf too. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was just that being in Baxter\u2019s arms, and the way I watched him suffer today, truly, truly affected my well- being.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I cannot live without Baxter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was my truth now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I woke up to a loud noise, and because so much had happened the night before, both of us were already on edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even Baxter rose from the couch as if he was ready to fight someone, only to find his mother standing next to the table, her face turned away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is just absurd. Do you have no shame at all?\u201d she screamed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before Baxter could defend himself, or before I could say anything, I realized she was not even speaking to us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yuvonne was standing in front of her, her head lowered, her fingers fidgeting\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then you said you were traumatized. How can a traumatized woman allow a man to touch her so soon?\u201d she screamed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shouted those words like someone who had no understanding of trauma or how things actually work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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