Evie stepped back from the window, hand over her mouth to muffle the sound threatening to escape.
They weren't protecting wolves.
They were wolves.
Werewolves.
The word crystallized in her mind, impossible and terrifying and the only thing that made sense.
A knock at her door made her jump so hard she nearly screamed.
"Evie?" Nate's voice. Calm. Steady. He'd crossed the grounds impossibly fast, too fast for any human. "I know you're awake. I can hear your heartbeat from here."
Hear her heartbeat.
Oh God. Oh God, oh God, oh God... "We need to talk," he continued, still so calm while her entire world shattered.
"Before you run. Because you're thinking about running, and I need you to understand, running won't save you now. There's nowhere you can go that I won't find you."
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