Chapter 158

“I don’t want to talk about this right now. I need to … just let me be, Lorey. Just for a minute.” A petulant shrug of his arm, so I stop touching him, and it’s like I’ve been scolded. An unexpected rebuff from the guy who just minutes ago hugged the life out of me with sheer need, and now I’m not allowed to touch him. I shouldn’t be upset. He’s hurt, he’s processing, and he’s in his head, and it’s pretty hypocritical for me to be mad about that. I didn’t want him touching me, and that hasn’t changed. I try to link him, thinking maybe talking that way will help soothe him, away from the doc’s ears, and he might be more open to being less cagey with his feelings, but he has the door closed, and I can’t get through at all. He’s locked me out in every way, and I don’t even know if this is normal behavior for him when he’s nursing pain or if this is because he remembers I’m not his mate and he should only share that space with her. Fuck you, Carmen. Fuck you, Colton. I hate that he can mak