“Are you okay, Nora?” Ellias’ voice came gently, almost cautious. He was already in his human form, his body bare, his skin glistening with drops of lake water. But I wasn’t paying attention to him. My whole body was tense, my fur stiff as though every single strand carried fear.
My eyes refused to leave the other end of the lake. Something, no, someone was there.
The water shimmered under the faint glow of the moon, silver light stretching in thin broken lines across the surface. And then I saw her. A face. Familiar. Her long black hair fell like a curtain, part of it brushing over her face. My heart skipped. My paws froze in place.
That face. I had seen it before. Somewhere. But where?
I wanted to speak, to ask her who she was, but my throat couldn’t make words. I was stuck in my wol
