Despite my curiosity, I decided not to press.
Not now.
I was too exhausted, too focused on ending this nightmare once and for all. Whatever darkness lay in Adam’s past, I trusted his intentions in the present. I had seen the weight he carried—the decisions he made to combat the epidemic Simone had unleashed on our world. That was enough for now.
Simone turned her attention back to me, her voice oozing with manipulation. “You should be on our side, Elsa. Not with him. He’s the bane that befell the wolf community.”
Her words were ridiculous, and I could barely contain the scoff that escaped my lips. She was delusional, her perspective warped by her own twisted ambitions.
“No, Simone,” I said, my voice steady and resolute. “Look around you. Look at what your drugs have done. You’ve des
