SADIE
The snow stung the pads of my paws, but I kept running. I knew I said I would handle rejection and any other punishment, but I couldn’t; I knew in my heart I couldn’t. If they let him go, that would be the end of me.
-THAT MORNING-
Since overhearing Gray’s conversation with Maddox, I’ve been a mess. I ache to be with Gray all the time. Until we accepted each other and he let me mark him, I didn’t think that would go away.
But my heart hurt. He had doubts, and I can’t help but look for the signs in everything we do. We went roller skating, and he didn’t want to hold my hand. My rational brain reminded me that he told me he had only been a handful of times and wasn’t good at it. But I worried it was because he didn’t want to hold my hand in public.
When he wanted to leave the C
