Chương 117: One hundred and fifteen

 No one else had ever gotten so close to him, because he hadn't wanted them to. But he didn't hold back with Sansa , never had. That was why it pained him so much that she didn't feel totally safe with him. The fact that she considered him in some way a danger to her caused an ache in his chest.

 . Sensing how bad he was hurting, Sansa wished she wasn't so messed up. "I'm sorry."

 He held her even tighter to him, giving her a pointed look. "Hey, don't you dare apologize for what you can't give me. It's my own fault anyway."

 "No, it's not. Even if you had claimed me that very first night we met, this trust issue would still have been there. As if that isn't bad enough, there's the fact that dominant/submissive pairs find completing the mating link hard."