Chapter 223: Wake Up

Moana

“Moana, wake up!” my wolf’s voice suddenly said. That wasn’t a dream… It was real. The rain was real. The wind beating down on me, whipping my hair into my face, was all real.

I opened my eyes, and shrieked at what I saw.

I wasn’t in bed. Iwas standing on the balcony, up on the ledge in my nightgown. I felt my stomach drop as I stumbled backwards and clung to the rail, heaving in my chest as the feeling of fight or flight kicked in. Every fiber in me screamed to get away from the ledge, and I scrambled away and back to my feet, sobbing loudly. Nothing could be heard over the sound of my own racing heartbeat and the sound of the wind and the rain; for all I knew, I was really on that cliff from my dream, and Michael very well could be standing behind me with the knife in his hand.

The door behind me stood wide open with the wind blowing the curtains aggressively. I ran inside to safety, and as I did, I ran straight into not Michael, but a petrified Edrick.

said. “What

his arms and carried me back to the

the

my wet hair as his wide eyes stared unblinkingly at the open balcony doors.

a nightmare, like I would suddenly wake up and everything would be okay. But I was awake, and the fact that I sleepwalked straight out

felt as though my entire body wanted to kill

I clutched the warm teacup in my shaking hands like my life depended on it.

stroking my leg as I sipped

ledge on the balcony, like I was about to…” My voice faltered. A sob got caught in my throat, and

imagined it,” I said between sobs. “But I’m terrified. I’m terrified that Michael might have it; I think he knows I’m the Golden Wolf, and I think

He stared coldly at the wall in front of him, as though he was almost in a trance. I half expected him to

did neither of those things. Instead, he retained his calm and collected Alpha demeanor, although there was no denying the

then stood. He walked over to his dresser and pulled a white t-shirt out of the drawer, then handed it to me. “Put

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