193: WILL

WILL

The tension was so real for Will when he clasped the necklace around Hanna's neck. He didn't know whether it was enough to show his feelings for her, or if the message was delivered well. He mulled over a lot of possibilities and what he had to do to make it work.

However, that was also when he saw her coming closer, his mind froze and his first thought was; he was being attacked, thus his instinct told him to defend himself. Everything happened so fast. Even Will couldn't process the fact that Hanna was harmless. She was not an enemy and it was absolutely ridiculous and impossible for her to harm him.

Yet, his twisted mind read the whole thing differently because Hanna moved closer to him so abruptly.

The sight of her crowding him overlapped with another unpleasant memory and the next thing he knew; he had pushed her so hard, as if he was fighting for his life.

And when the murky clouds in his mind finally cleared up and he could see clearly, he knew what horrible thing that he had done, but his body couldn't move. He was shut down from reality and could only watch Hanna bleeding profusely before she fled the room without him getting to explain himself or trying to run after her.

It took him a long time before he could function properly again. He felt very horrible when he had to clean the broken table with Hanna's blood on the floor. He felt like crying, but there were no tears that he could shed.

People like him had stopped crying a long time ago.

"It's okay…" Hanna said gently.

"No, it's not okay… I hurt you." It would never be okay for him to hurt her. How could she still talk to him so softly? "It will never be okay. I am sorry…"

"You don't need to be sorry, it was me who misunderstood your intentions…" Hanna was embarrassed. She lowered her head. She really wanted to run away now, but Will still held her hand firmly and refused to let go.

Hearing that, Will felt uneasy. She misunderstood the whole situation. The sound of her voice as if she was being rejected pained him physically.

"Can I… can I hug you?" Will asked, he didn't dare to look Hanna in the eyes, as he waited for her answer. This came out of the blue, but he was so desperate to tell her how he felt, that he did not reject her feelings.

She was the reason why he was still alive today.

"Hm?" Hanna was caught off guard when she heard the question.

"Is it okay for me to hug you?" Will asked again, this time, he raised his head to look her in the eyes. He saw how confused she looked, but she eventually nodded her head.

With her permission, Will moved closer to her, he moved so slowly, as if giving her a chance to push him away, but Hanna wouldn't do that. She let him take his time and when, finally, she was in his embrace, she breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't even realize she had been holding her breath.

Hanna wrapped her arms around his body, at which he stiffened for a second, but then he relaxed again.

At this point, more or less, Hanna could understand what went wrong. She knew when it had gone wrong. Most people, who had gone through the same things like Will, would be very sensitive with physical contact. They would be constantly on guard and think they were in danger all the time. They were always in a fighting mode, especially a warrior like Will.

"I will ask your permission next time," Hanna said softly against his chest.

"Thank you," Will replied earnestly.

There was no need for an explanation when it turned into a tacit understanding between them, but one day, when Will had organized his thoughts and learned how to communicate better, he would let her know why he did what he had done.

"Can we skip this? I really need to talk with the Alpha," Redmond said with an irritated sigh. He had been waiting for them to wrap this up, but they kept hugging each other for so long, he felt like he was going to kick both of them for being lovey dovey in front of him.

The two of them were too immersed in their own world, until they didn't notice his existence. It seemed, their senses were not functioning at this moment.

Hearing Redmond's voice, both of them immediately broke apart. Hanna shrieked and hid behind Will's back, she felt so embarrassed, while Will turned around and glared at the warrior.

"What are you doing here?!" Will snapped, but it was more like he was awry to be caught red handed.

"I am going to meet Cane, people said he is here." Redmond nodded at the door next to him. He was around ten steps away from the couple.

"Since when were you here?"

"Since both of you kept apologizing to each other," Redmond replied casually, which meant, he had been listening to them from the beginning.

"I- I have to do something… I need to go. I will see you later." Hanna stuttered, as she scurried away from there. She was very embarrassed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt, but I have very important things to discuss with your alpha." Redmond raised his shoulders nonchalantly, not looking like he was sorry at all. "Can you tell him that I want to have a talk with him?"

Will shot him a dagger look, but he knew what Redmond wanted to talk with the Alpha about was important. Because he had been bedridden before, Jace had not yet had any chance to explain about the lycan to him. He must have come here to discuss that.2

"You can talk with Jace first," Will said, still unhappy because he had been interrupted earlier.

"I sneaked out of my room because I don't want to talk to him, I want to talk directly to Cane."

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