The forest was still wet, shrouded in mist from the rain that had finally eased. The scent of earth, wet leaves, and distant pine filled the air, but inside Alan's arms, it was different. It was quiet. Heavy. Weighted with a numbness that even his Alpha senses struggled to pierce.Julia lay pressed against him, small and fragile, her body trembling—but this tremble was not entirely from cold. Her mind, fogged and broken from the weeks of betrayal, loss, and grief, had built walls so high that even the strongest Alpha might have given up.Alan carried her through the forest with careful steps, muscles tense, every sense alert. Every once in a while, she shivered against him, but her body was strangely relaxed—almost too relaxed, as if it no longer recognized the feeling of being held, of safety, of warmth.For hours, he had spoken to her. Whispered apologies. Whispered stories of their past. Whispered confessions that had never been spoken aloud."Do you remember the first time we met,
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