The Pack and Me

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looked at him and said, "okay yes that's true but I did before you saved me and I still do." he was surprised as she said, "if anything I trust you more knowing who you are you are my friend and nothing will change the fact that I trust you as much as anyone can trust anyone."

Gray relaxed a little and she leaned against him and said, "you're the only person I trust this much." he just sat there and let her lean on him for a minute and then said, "then tell me what's wrong maybe I can help." She got up and said, "you can't, it's not something you can fix it's just something I have to work through." he took a deep breath, got up, lifted her chin gently to make her look at him as he said, "okay but I want you to know you can tell me anything. you can talk to me about anything I will listen." she nodded and said, "thank you but I don't want to talk about it right now. I am curious though who that girl was. she seemed to not like that you and I were hanging out. then she kissed you but I don't remember you saying you have a girlfriend."

Gray shrugged and said, "that's because I don't. She and I dated once but I broke up with her after I found out she had been hunting near here after I told her to stay away from here. I may not have remembered everything but I knew someone I wanted to protect lived here. protecting the whole town meant I was protecting you even if I didn't know who you were. She was not happy with that decision and wanted me back but I never cared about that. I mostly dated her to get some others off my back and because it was a part of an alliance some of the council members came up with. but Alexandra broke that alliance so I was free to leave." Ember asked, "why did you agree to it in the first place if you didn't like her?" he said, "because part