Sarah's POV
I hadn't expected that in the darkness, with just a single touch, she would recognize me instantly.
When she threw herself into my arms, my body tensed reflexively.
A strange sensation spread through my chest—something primal and unsettling.
She knew me too well, familiar in a way that disturbed me.
As if no matter how I appeared before her, she would identify me without hesitation, without doubt.
She clung to me like I was her sanctuary, her home. The wolf inside me—Orion—stirred with satisfaction at her response, a reaction I fought to suppress.
"Alexander!" Her voice broke with relief, thick with emotion. "What took you so long?"
Something stirred within me—a flicker of something I couldn't quite name—but I forced it down, hardening my heart against
