SERAPHINA
“Lily,” I sighed in disbelief. “How did you…?”
She looked up from beneath the cap, her eyes glinting with mischief. “Did you forget I’m a soon-to-be witch?”
Relief crashed over me so hard my knees nearly buckled. She cast a wary glance at the Academy building before murmuring, “But my limbs are still shaking just thinking about you entering this wolf’s den alone. I couldn’t help it after that phone call. You were in heat, and I’ve been dying of worry ever since. I had to see you.”
I pressed my lips into a tight line. “Let’s not stand out here. Someone might suspect.”
She nodded and handed off the mattress with a grunt, and I stepped in quickly to lift the other side.
We didn’t say another word.
Not here. Not yet.
Two wolves moving in perfect sync, we hauled the oversized
