Chapter 132

Sarah's POV I hadn't expected that in the darkness, with just a single touch, she would recognize me instantly. When she threw herself into my arms, my body tensed reflexively. A strange sensation spread through my chest—something primal and unsettling. She knew me too well, familiar in a way that disturbed me. As if no matter how I appeared before her, she would identify me without hesitation, without doubt. She clung to me like I was her sanctuary, her home. The wolf inside me—Orion—stirred with satisfaction at her response, a reaction I fought to suppress. "Alexander!" Her voice broke with relief, thick with emotion. "What took you so long?" Something stirred within me—a flicker of something I couldn't quite name—but I forced it down, hardening my heart against it. Why did she have this effect on me? Why could she so effortlessly provoke feelings I'd buried long ago? No one—not even those I'd once called pack or family—had ever gotten under my skin like this. I didn't answer her que