Adam’s arms lock around me before I can even process the fall. The impact knocks a breath from my lungs, but the moment his chest firms against mine, everything else disappears. The vines, the cavern, the light. The world shrinks to the heat of him and the frantic beat of his heart.
I gasp. My whole body jerks as if something bright and electric has surged straight through my ribs.
My wolf slams against the inside of my skin. Not trying to escape this time. Not trying to take over. She tries to merge with him. To reach his wolf. To press herself into the space between our bodies where the bond pulses like molten metal.
Her desperation is so raw that it stabs through me.
Adam’s hold tightens. He gathers me against him like he is afraid I will be taken again. His breath shakes where it h
