The Beast And The Blessed

Chapter 107

Two: Joselin

Joselin's P.O.V. - Present Day

One had to be a special kind of stupid to let their ignorance feed their fear.

Yet, as I stepped into the pub, the room fell silent. Bodies shifted, and multiple people began collecting their belongings to make a quick escape. Only one person in the building should have been afraid of me, and he was sitting with his back to me at the bar, trying to enjoy his day off.

I was about to ruin that.

My chest warmed as my eyes ran across his broad back and shoulders. He didn't bother turning to look at me as I approached him. I rested my elbows on the counter next to him as the bartender placed a beer in front of me and then rushed to the other end of the bar.

The sound of feet scurrying away as the room rapidly emptied made me grit my teeth, knowing I would have to leave a large tip to make up for the loss of his business. A quick scan of the room showed only a few castle guards, who were used to me, had chosen to stay and were enjoying their meals.

But that was how it worked. I used to let their reactions get to me. The people would take one look at my long white hair and colorless eyes, and they would leave. When I was first brought here, a few people protested King Amery from taking me in. They lost, but it still bothered me.

But now, even though most of them had grown used to me, I embraced it.

I loved that I instilled a deep-seated fear in people. Humans, Lycans, Wolves, Fae... you name it.

Except him.

He had never been afraid of me, not since day one. At least, that was what

I told myself. In reality, our past was a bit more complicated than that... more painful.

Tobias pushed his plate of food in my direction, and I bit back a smile as I grabbed a fry before sliding the ceramic dish back toward him. I wasn't hungry, but I wouldn't turn his offer down. His glass of water sat untouched in front of him, and I watched as a drop of condensation ran down the glass onto the paper coaster beneath it.

it through his jeans and into my skin. It was glorious, and I dropped my hands in

my breathing speed up when he briefly looked down at my body. When his

at me, his pupils dilated, and his lip pulled up ever so slightly on one side, always made my

just out of reach. If my family had been

The two didn't mix.

was afraid of

I had to show up in a place like this to ask for help. "But you've been avoiding me.

challenged me a few months ago to toss my reservations aside and go for it with Tobias. But there was no point to

Getting to be loved by Tobias, even for a limited time, would have been worth the heartbreak of him eventually leaving me

my feet if I approached them. They loved to be able to say they

only ever felt that way for Tobias; for the one man that rejected every advance I made and refused to touch

I never got the chance to be with him. But that didn't mean it didn't still hurt every time I saw him or was

everything he could to avoid me over the past two weeks. Now I was here, humiliating myself again

because there were very few people he would

glass, the movement catching my attention. His eyes were open, holding steady on me as he sipped

dried, and I took a large gulp of my beer, forcing my

top of the bar, staring at the wall of liquors in front of us.

eyebrow, silently asking me to explain. But even thinking the words make a ball form in my throat. How did I tell him that the horror I had experienced as a child may have happened again to

I

wallet out of his pocket and leave some money. My heart dropped when he let go of my hand,

hand instinctively as if he were going to place it on my lower back. But he clenched his hand in a fist and pulled his arm back to

should have known he wouldn't want to. He had made it very clear over the past couple of months that

to touch me was overshadowed by the humiliation when I

held my head up as I walked calmly out of the building. Still, I knew they could hear my heart beating erratically and my uneven breathing as I shoved my feelings down.

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