Adrienne POV

When the first rays of sunlight filtered in through the tiny crack in the drapes, I was still telling myself what I'd been chanting in my head throughout the night, and a long night it was.

I'd thought the Alpha was asleep already when I'd pulled myself up to bed, but I was proven wrong when, a really wrong time later, his breathing suddenly became deep and soft snores emanated from him. I realized that he had been awake the whole time, keeping an ear out. For me? I told myself ...