Lenora
By the time I made it back to the small where I had left my clothes, darkness was falling. The Blackstone house looked like a haunted castle, dark and foreboding against the twilight sky. Here and there windows were illuminated behind sheer curtains.
I had a heavy feeling as I changed quickly and rushed into the pack house, using the side entrance near the kitchens. I had stayed out much longer than I intended, and I was running to get back to River’s suite.
In my hurry I rounded a corner and plowed straight into a solid body.
“Whoa there, what’s this?” Asher’s fingers curled around my upper arms like talons, biting into my flesh.
I froze, unsure what to say, or what to do. My eyes moved past him to the door of the kitchen, just a few meters down the hall, hoping and
