Didn’t tell him I left her in the dirt when she needed me most.
Didn’t tell him I was too damn proud, too angry, to see what was right in front of me.
She cared. Even after everything.
After pushing her away again and again.
And refusing to forgive her.
She still came after me.
She didn’t think. Didn’t hesitate.
She just ran into the fight, teeth first.
Ready to die for me.
And that’s when it hit.
What a fool I had been.
My stubbornness, silence, and refusal to forgive her.
All of it could have gotten her killed.
She had made a mistake.
She took my keycard because she was scared.
The same way I once was.
Not of me, but of the unknown, the change.
I should’ve seen that. Should’ve known.
Rowan wasn’t like Daphne.
She wouldn’t hurt me.
What she felt was real.
What she did was real.
And I almost lost her because I was too blind to see it.
"Rowan, you've picked it clean. Time to go, shift back," Cade commanded.
Little Bird growled at him, sharp teeth bared.
"Now,Rowan!" Cade barked strongly.
Her ears went flat against her head.
Then lowered to the ground in submission.
Fur rippled, muscles bunched, bones crunched.
Little Bird transformed.
