Certain.
“Yours.”
Yeah.
That’s it.
That’s everything.
Chapter 24
Hadley
My heart is pounding furiously inside my chest, and my she-Bear?
Oh, she’s wide awake.
Watching through my eyes.
Alert.
Certain.
Like she’s been waiting for this moment longer than I have—and making damn sure I don’t mess it up.
She doesn’t have to worry.
I won’t.
Not this time.
Not with him.
We’re both completely bare now, nothing left between us, no walls, no barriers—just skin and heat and breath. And Rob is kissing me like his life depends on it.
And Gods help me—I know mine does.
Because this?
This isn’t just desire.
It’s not just want.
It’s something deeper.
Something that feels like standing on the edge of a cliff and realizing you were meant to fly.
The air around us is thick—heavy with the scent of him, of me, of something new being created between us. Honey and heat and wild, untamed need.
It clings to my skin.
Wraps around us.
Marks this moment as something I’ll never forget.
His house—our house, a voice in the back of my mind corrects—is beautiful. Strong. Rebuilt with care and intention, just like him.
Every detail feels solid.
