**ADAM'S POV**
As soon as I got Novalee back to bed, I knew she had been awake for a while, but eventually, she drifted off to sleep and stopped tossing and turning. She was finally at peace. That was all I had wanted for her since this whole ordeal began.
I walked out to the front of the house, where Holden and Azalea were waiting for me. I had linked my mind with theirs to ask them to come over.
“Well?” Azalea asked.
“She shifted last night. The worst of it is over,” I replied.
“Oh, thank the goddess! I wasn't sure how much more she could take. That was so painful for her,” Azalea said.
“What's wrong?” Holden asked, staring at me intensely. We had been friends our whole lives, and I knew he could read me like a book. No one knew me better than he did.
“She’s a white wolf. A pure w
