Maddie POV
The hotel room was an oasis of calm after everything we had been through. The walls in soft shades of blue and white, combined with the lightness of the white curtains that fluttered in the breeze from the open window, gave the room a feeling of peace, almost as if we were in a dream. And there, in that slice of paradise, finally with Derek, the man who had captured my heart in a way I never thought possible.
Derek, my alpha, was next to me, his eyes shining with an intensity that only seemed to increase as he looked at me. His kisses were addictive, as if each one carried a promise of more—more love, more passion, more of us. And his words of love—oh, they were even more intoxicating. Every whispered phrase, every declaration of affection, seemed to weave a spell around me,
