"I hurt people. My love is not right, it hurts people. I have bad love." Eric slowly lies on his side and closes his eyes.
I swallow hard, my heart hurting. Bad love? No-one has bad love. No- one. I take Eric back into my arms, putting my fingers under his chin and
force him to make eye-contact. "Snap out of it. You're a good guy. I love you." I use everything in me, my power as an Alpha, my love for him, my pain of seeing him hurting. And it finally seems to get through to him.
Eric blinks, tears streaming down his face as the darkness in his eyes goes away and the panic I could feel slowly fades too. He doesn't say anything, just keeps staring at me.
"I love you." I'll repeat it as many times as I need to, as many times I need to make him believe me. "I love you. I one hundred percent love you."
Slowly a smile starts to show. "Thank you." He grabs me and wraps his arms around me tightly.
