-Phoenix-
Something felt amiss... Something jolted me from the most serene slumber I’d experienced since being torn from my family, and it felt unsettling. I swiftly opened my eyes, only to find Hope absent from her usual place beside me. My wolf and instincts balked at her absence. It felt wrong for Hope not to be by my side when I awoke.
Sitting up abruptly, I noticed the closed bathroom door, accompanied by the sound of running water. My heart, which had initially quickened with fear at Hope’s absence, gradually calmed.
She is just showering…
Even my wolf had been rattled by the sight of the empty spot on the bed, but I must have been in a deep sleep if she managed to slip out unnoticed. What had she done to me? It had been years… years since I last experienced such deep sleep. Fo
