**Sasha**

I barely slept the rest of the night.

Even with Kael holding me closely, my mind kept running back to the image of Ray lying in the dirt. His eyes frozen wide open, his blood soaking into the ground. And the wolf, it was huge, black…shifting right in front of me …. Ahhh.

*** morning ***

Kael stirred, his hand brushing against my arm. “Hey,” he murmured, voice still rough with sleep.

“You’re cold. What’s wrong?”

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