Chapter 47: Ayla

“Are you sure?” Kingston asked, his hands moving over my face, my hair, my shoulders, anywhere to reassure him that I was okay.

I closed my eyes to help me focus my thoughts. I tried searching for her in my mind. I still couldn’t find her, but something felt different.

“It’s like she’s just out of reach,” I said. “Like a whisper just brushing up against my thoughts.”

My breathing was still a little heavy. Kingston wrapped his arms around me until it returned to normal.

“Do you mind if I try something?” he whispered.

I looked up at him. There was so much hope in them I wanted to give him everything.

“Okay,” I said.

He kissed my forehead and moved to stand up. “Wait here.”

He walked down the dock and ducked into the shadows of the trees. It was completely dark out now. Only the moon reflecting on the lake offered any light, which I was glad of since I didn’t have my night vision without Dasha.

I thought I heard Kingston coming back. Instead, I turned to see a large, gray wolf step out of the forest. He was nearly white along his legs and underbelly, with mottled gray and black fur covering his back. He even had black coloring lining

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his ears, a trait I hadn’t seen in another wolf other than Dasha.

This must be Lennix.

He was beautiful.

coarse outer fur mixed with his soft and fluffy undercoat. I pushed up on my knees as he lowered his head,

a male wolf as myself. I had run with Zeff and a few other

flopped down next to me on the dock,

the rough boards for

me a nod. Smiling, I picked up my shirt and went

naughty,” I laughed. “Fine,

the waterline. We curled up together, and I don’t know how long I laid there just stroking his fur. It wasn’t until sunlight started to filter through my eyelids that

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night, I tried to reach for Dasha again. Tears started to well when I could feel

strangled laugh escaped as he stared at me in curiosity. I grabbed his

“Thank you,” I whispered.

and trotted off to where Kingston had shifted the night before. Shaking my head, I pulled my

my eyes and let the warm rays of

Kingston’s hands trailing lightly down my arms as he sat behind

he sensed

nodded. “She’s still not ready to come out or to speak to me yet, but she’s there. I

the first step, at

“Yes.”

a deep breath and kissed my shoulder. “You

laughed. “I guess we should

would happily stay out here with you all day,” he teased, nipping at my neck

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don’t think I’d be able to resist the temptations of having you

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own desire started to build. “You’re right. We should

put my boot back on last night. Kingston insisted that I wait while he went to get it and

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