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“For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, I’d wait forever.
“Really?�� he asked in a tone I’d never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam didn’t do vulnerable.

“Really what?�� I asked.
“Despite the way our bond scares you, despite the way someone in the pack played you, you’d still have me?��
He'd been listening to my thoughts. This time it didn't bother me.

“Adam,�� I told him, “I’d walk barefoot over hot coals for you.”