Complete: Claire and Julian
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Claire has always been a lot.
Loud. Bright. Sunny.
She never thought it would hurt so much to hear that the man she could see herself choosing only sees her as something to use for those very things.
So Claire does what she does best.
She walks away.
And it works.
Until the bond snaps into place and she realizes being with him was never a choice.
It was fate.
And now the man who broke her?
He'll have to prove he's worth keeping.
***this story explores mating bonds in humans as a cultural norm. There are no werewolves or supernatural beings in this world***
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