-Vaughn Blackmore:
I don't even remember falling asleep properly.
It just… happened somewhere during the drive. One moment, I was trying to stay awake, watching the road change slowly outside the window, and the next, my body had given in completely to the steady rhythm of the car and the quiet presence beside me.
The first thing that reached me was Ryland's voice.
Close.
Right there.
Calling my name.
And then—
"We're home."
Home.
That word hit differently.
It didn't fully register at first. My mind was still half stuck in sleep, but something in me reacted immediately anyway. Home meant the Graysons' pack. Home meant his family. Home meant everything I had been thinking about, worrying about, overthinking for hours, days, weeks, leading up to this exact moment.
And that also meant I was about to meet them.
