Chapter Thirty-Six

ADRIAN'S Pov

I did not tell anyone where I was going.

Not my mother. Not Damian. Not Elena. Not even Nathan.

That alone told me how far things had already gone.

The car moved through the city quietly, headlights cutting through early morning fog. I watched buildings pass by, feeling like a stranger inside my own life. Every turn felt familiar and foreign at the same time, like a song I almost remembered but couldn’t quite hum.

The address Noah sent me sat heavy in my pocket.

I didn’t ask how he knew this place.

Somehow, I knew he would.

The building looked ordinary from the outside. Private parking. No sign of the Wolfe name anywhere. I stepped out of the car, my heart beating faster than it should.

The security gate recognized my biometric scan.

That hit me hard.

My body remembered what my mind didn’t.

Inside, the air was cool and quiet. The elevator took me down instead of up. Deep underground. Each floor passed slowly, like it was giving me time to turn back.

I didn’t.

When the d