Elsa Suddenly, I felt lighter, as if a weight had been lifted off my chest. Maybe it was the pregnancy making me unusually emotional, but with everything Adam had done—his desperation, the way he held me as if I were his lifeline—one thing became clear: Adam would give up the world for me. He might not say it with words, and his pride might never let him admit it outright, but his actions spoke volumes. His heart, his wolf, every part of him told me that I was his everything. I took comfort in that realization, keeping it close like a secret I wasn’t ready to share. He probably didn’t even understand it himself yet. Knowing the kind of person he was—stubborn and in control of everything—I was certain he was in denial about just how strong a hold I had on him. Still, I couldn’t afford to

