His eyes were steady, like I was the only person that existed.
I hesitated–not because I didn’t love him. I did.
I only hesitated because I’d once believed in promises
before. And I’d watched them fall apart.
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Would Adam change? Would time wear down his vows like it had with my brothers? Would I be abandoned again?
From across the plaza, the three of them still stood watching. Older now. Duller at the edges. Not the men I remembered.
Adam seemed to notice the flicker of doubt in me. He reached out and said simply, “Trust me. Please.”
I nodded. Held out my hand.
He slipped the ring on with a smile.
When I looked up again, Asher, Jace, and Noah were gone -swallowed into the snow like ghosts.
Adam leaned in, brushing a kiss over my temple. “Want to head back to the hotel? Rest a little?”
I nodded–until I heard it.
A voice I hadn’t heard in a decade. “Kaia…”
