The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 205

Chapter 205

He searched my face, eyes softening

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“I know this is a lot. His voice gentled. “And I know I should’ve told you sooner. But I didn’t want to overdeem you before you

wolf surfaced. And with my father… with everything else…”

He stopped, cutting himself off before the guilt pulled his voice apart

Silence stretched between us–warm, tense, trembling at the edges.

I lifted my mug again, mostly to have something to hold, something to steady myself with My fingers still shook a little.

“You feel everything I feel?” I asked quietly.

He nodded once, slow and sure.

“Yeah. I do.”

His voice dropped to a whisper, almost reverent.

“And it’s been driving me insane.*

I looked at him then–really looked.

At the exhaustion under his eyes.

At the truth he’d finally cracked open.

At the man who had broken me and was still somehow the only one who could make me feel whole.

My heart thudded.

My next words came out small, shaky, but honest.

“And what… do you feel right now?”

Zayn didn’t answer immediately. His eyes stayed locked on mine–too steady, too intense–like he was afraid to blink and lose

something.

“Right now?” he repeated, voice low.

I nodded.

He exhaled once, shaky. “Right now I feel… everything.”

I frowned. “That’s not an answer.”

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He moved closer–slowly.

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“Aurora,” he murmured, “I feel your confusion. I feel how your chests tight because you don’t know if you believe me. I feel your heartbeat–it’s all over the place.” His eyes dropped to my lips for half a second. “And I feel that you’re angry, but you’re also… scared.”

I swallowed. “Scared of what?”

His jaw clenched. “Scared of what this makes us.”

My throat tightened, because he wasn’t wrong.

“And what does it make us?” I whispered.

He hesitated, his eyes dropping to my hand wrapped around the warm tea mug. Then, gently, with just two fingers, he touched my wrist–light, barely there.

But I still felt it. Like a spark under my skin.

“It makes you mine,” he said quietly. “And me yours. Even if you don’t want it. Even if you hate me right now.”

My breath caught.

“Zayn…” I whispered warningly.

He shook his head. “I’m not saying it to claim you. I’m saying it because it’s the truth. Every time you walked away from me, it felt like something was tearing apart. And when Kael got close to you–He stopped himself, breathing hard. “I felt it. Like claws in my

chest.”

A flush crawled up my neck. “That’s not possible,” I whispered, even though a part of me already knew it was.

“It is,” he said, voice rough. “And it’s only getting stronger.”

Silence stretched–thick, warm, suffocating.

“My wolf… recognizes you,” he added, barely audible. “Even if yours isn’t awake yet.”

I met his eyes, completely unsure how to respond, pulled between anger and something deeper.

“You’re overwhelmed,” he murmured. “Your head is a mess. You want to be mad at me–really mad–but your heart keeps messing it up.” His lips curled slightly. “You want to trust me. And you hate that you want to.”

He leaned closer, slow enough that I could pull away.

I didn’t.

“And,” he whispered, eyes dropping to my lips again, “you want me to kiss you… but you’re not going to admit it.”

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“Shut up,” I muttered.

He smirked, but it was soft, almost sad. “See? You feel it too.”

My fingers tightened around the blanket. Everything in me felt hot, confused, shaken.

“Zayn…” I whispered. “What are we going to do?”

His expression shifted–less teasing, more determined.

“Anything you want,” he said. “But I’m done lying. I’m done pretending I don’t feel you. I’m done staying away.”

He took a breath, eyes burning.

“From now on, Aurora… I’m not letting anything take you from me. Not my father. Not Zade. Not the legacy. No one.”

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