Estelle's POV
This was not hard to guess. The distress message I'd managed to send Adrian—just before everything went dark. That was why Theron had come and why he had saved me.
He rose to his feet, and his figure looked tall and unavoidable.
Those golden eyes locked onto mine, carrying a weight that was both suffocating… and strangely grounding.
With every step he took closer, my body tensed, like prey under a hunter's gaze.
I knew he had saved me. And yet… I couldn't fully lower my guard.
"Do you remember what happened?" he asked, his voice low—intense, but threaded now with quiet restraint.
I lowered my head, clenching my fists until my knuckles turned white. The wolf inside me let out a defiant growl.
"…I remember." I managed a wry smile, my voice hoarse.
From the moment I was
