Zara
The moment the ring hit the ground, it felt like I could breathe for the first time in weeks. It wasn't just air, it was life. Energy rushed through me. The energy was wild and warm, exactly mine. My body trembled like something ancient had been reawakened. My wolf's voice surged forward, howling so loud in my mind that I dropped to my knees.
But I was laughing.
Laughing through the tears, the ache, the betrayal. Because she was back.
"I'm here," my wolf whispered, fierce and breathless. "I never left, you just couldn't hear me."
Ronan knelt beside me, steadying my shoulders. "Zara….? Are you okay?"
"I'm okay," I whispered with my voice cracking. "I'm me again."
He watched me for a long second. Then he nodded. He didn't say anything, not a single word, his face
