But still...if it was anyone else with such incredible partners, Nala would have undoubtedly felt a wave of insecurity.
The familiar ache of abandonment, a product of her childhood trauma and the constant feeling of not belonging, would have consumed her. It was a depressing and well-worn path in her mind: she was a cursed girl, a abandoned snake and no one truly wanted her forever other then her grandma.
Yet, when she thought of Cassius, something shifted.
He was different. Every word he had spoken to her, every look he had given, came flooding back. He had seen her, truly seen her, and he still wanted her. He hadn't flinched at her tricks or her past.
He'd looked at her with such intense, passionate desire, and in that gaze, her sense of abandonment was not just forgotten, it was filled with warmth.
