Chapter 343

Chapter 753

Chapter 753

Judy’s POV

The halls stretched long and dark; moonlight slanted through high windows. Selene moved with grace, her hand trailing along the walls, but I slowed when a door creaked faintly open on our left.

“Esme used to spend a lot of time in here,” she told me, stepping into the room.

easy

The air was stale, and my heart squeezed in my chest as I realized where we were. It was a nursery.

It was heavy with dust, but the crib still stood, delicate lace draped over its frame. Toys lay scattered across the rug–a stuffed wolf, a carved rattle, a tiny silver cup. It looked as though someone had simply walked out and shut the door years ago.

“We never understood why,” Selene went on to say. “It took years for us to get her to leave this room. Once we shut the door, we never opened it again.”

“Whose room was this?” I asked, my voice coming out unfamiliar and hollow.

“Lila’s,” she replied, turning to look at me. “We had it built when she was a baby.”

I looked around the room again, my chest tight. The scent… it was odd. There was something to this scent that put my wolf in distress.

“Judy,” I heard his voice through our bond, and suddenly my heart had skipped a beat. “Where are you?”

couldn’t answer him; it was like I was stuck in some kind of warp with the walls closing in around me. My breathing, which flowed so easily only a moment

this scent…


I feeling

okay?” Selene asked,

her, but I doubted

but just as she reached her

wrapping me

nearly growled. I could feel that his wolf was on edge, and he was seconds away from tearing every living person up in this manor. I rested my head against his chest, breathing in his calming and familiar scent. “I’ve got you,” he murmured, pressing his lips to my

he was right. It was okay… I was okay. I had my mate… he would take care of me. I buried my face in his chest, my arms wrapping

1/3

Gavin said, and I wasn’t sure if he was talking

softly spoke to him, explaining

panic attack.

that what that was?

been said for this evening,” Zachary


in the near future.

tense, but he

him. My wolf

air clung to me, thick and wrong. Even in Gavin’s arms, my chest still

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