Chapter 22

She was dreaming again.

The day is near now, my love.

Soon, I’ll have you for myself.

I’ll love you, and you’ll love me.

We’d never part from each other.

Forever…

The whisper of a touch on her arm woke her up from the dream. As always, she woke up sweating, her heart beating fast as if she had run for miles. She looked about her room for any other presence but, like always, came up empty. Or so she thought until she caught a whiff of another’s scent. She tumbled out of her bed in a hurry to chase after the scent. It was a werewolf, that much she was sure of.

She raced out of her room into the hallway. The scent led her to the kitchen. When she got there, the back door was open. She always locked the back door before she and her dad settled for the night. She knew whoever was in her room went out through the back door. She took hesitant steps towards the door.

As much as she wanted to know who it was,