Nocturne Summit Easy to be just you and me

The touch eventually broke, which tore at his instincts. He didn't want her to leave -- he wanted her to stay, to come closer, he wanted to take her, he wanted to show her that she was his because he was her Alpha. But she pulled away and she then apologised, said she tried to help but that she wasn't helping anyone. Charon wanted so badly to believe those words, he wanted to cling onto them like his life jacket in this storm they faced together...

But he couldn't. I want you, Speedy, he said, his voice full of longing. He looked at her, waiting for her to raise her head again to answer him, but did not approach physically just yet.