Chapter Seventeen: The howl in the night

Tillie

A snarling howl sounded in the distance and I snapped awake. A cold chill went down my spine and I didn’t know if it was from the chill breeze that blew in through the window or the fear of whatever was in the woods that surrounded the lake house.

Standing up, I stretched my aching body. Feeling my muscles scream in protest from falling asleep on the couch.

It wasn’t that the couch wasn’t comfortable; it was. My body was just worn out from everything that I had gone to and I had slept for longer than I had meant to. After I had gotten off of the phone with Ryan. I hadn’t bothered to pull my shirt on after we’d had phone sex. Instead, I had laid down on the couch. Pulling the soft throw over my body and drifting off for what I thought would be a quick nap.

arms and shoulders as I rushed over to the window. Closing it and looking out into the darkness, wrapped my arms around my body. Rubbing my hands up and down my arms

still coming to terms with everything that had happened. It was probably just part of my dream, which was

if there was, it was probably just a normal wolf. Not a shifter

the tight pockets of my pants before leaning down and picking my tank top up off of the floor. I shook it out before pulling it on. It did little to chase away the chill but it made me feel a little better. There was no one out here to see me if I wanted to stay in my bra and yoga pants but in the back of my mind, I couldn’ t help but worry that maybe there was something out

more wolf shifters. Or hell at this point it could be a freaking forest fairy. Oh god, were fae real

Ryan, Travis, and Jason, I was going to have to ask them about it. At this point, though, it wouldn’t shock me to learn that bear shifters were a thing and that scary

road. I had never really worried about

I ran my fingers over the lock. It was an old iron lock that I was pretty sure was older than Scott. 1 didn’t know why he

to the big stairway that dominated the living

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