Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 136

Annette’s POV:

I was returning to my daily life all of my responsibilities, and my duties came back like riding

a bike. My body was slowly going back at ease I found myself smiling more, and talking more.

Still, the scars remain from everything I still look at over my shoulder. I still second–guess people around me. I didn’t give everything away and I watched who I spoke in front of. Part of me felt like this was some ugly lesson. I had to learn that not everybody was good and that dreaming up wonderful fantasies couldn’t protect you. I now saw the world a little darker I

saw that horrible side of people that you want to overlook. That greediness that we all went about our lives sidestepping. If we didn’t look it in the eyes, it wasn’t there, right?

I still couldn’t talk to Grayson in my mind everything that had come so easily to us now took practice and mindfulness. I found myself agitated that we had been set back yet again and I was frustrated he couldn’t tell me exactly what I needed.

I knew this was how everybody else lived but I still hated it I wanted my relationship back the one I knew where he never left me, always there, fingertips brushing infinitely.

We were going to attempt to connect me to seraphine with a moon pool ritual, wolf disconnection wasn’t often heard of and the elders hadn’t ever performed this ritual. It was unnatural to be separated from your wolf like this. It was heinous.

everything and changed without me, realizing it I was proud of my husband for allowing all these rogues and his ingenuity as well as his kindness Grace may still hide it, but

as she prepared her nursery, as folded blankets that she would wrap him in as she picked out onesies for him to wear she

look over at my son how big he was

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calm him and Grayson. he knew what he liked what

this myself

the day, trying to go over the fact that we had spent so much time apart. Time that was supposed to be ours,

did he feel about me when he was older? Would there always be this kind of gap between us? He always

her because even though she had survived she still got him she got

part of myself this part that wanted what everybody else had this part that was so frustrated so agonized. It was childish it was temperamental and

my son, this green beast inside of me would die I would regain my composure and my sanity. I would act in my head the way I did in public with Grace and understanding. I

fixed by going into the moon pool and I know Seraphine and I have work to do. Still, I wanted more of my old self back I wanted that connection. I always had. I

where I was to be alive I trained and I strived and I pushed to turn back the clock to get back

and for what he had taken for me. I want to watch

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