I sat up in the bed; the room still dark. I was covered in a sheath of sweat and the sheets were soaking wet. My hands began searching for Jackson, “Jackson. Jackson?”, no answer.
I reached over and turned the lamp on; Jackson wasn’t in the bed. I picked up my phone and dialled his number.
*ring*
*ring*
*ring*
* “I can’t make it to the phone right now, please leave a message after the tone.” *
Where was he?
There was a light knock on the door and then Abby peeked her head in, “Hey sis, is everything okay?”
“Do you know where Jackson is?”
“Yeah, he got an urgent call from Alpha Robert. Apparently, there was some kind of attack on his pack so Jackson went to help them.”
“When is he coming back?”
“I don’t know, Dakota. It sounded pretty bad.”
I got out of the bed a
