Wolves of obsession

gasping, her hand

er tank top to her back, and her sheets were twisted around her legs like

dy didn't

she'd been to

ai

had been

oon. A man's voice in her ear. Deep, rough. A growl more th

r neck. Hands gr

she hadn't

d want

d a hand through her damp curls. "It's just

time she'd had it. It wasn't even the tenth. The dreams had start

r. Wide brown eyes, soft features, a faint scar above her lip that had never faded. S

ap and splashed col

r, the do

fr

ror but her own reflection. Still, she couldn't shake

crop top and pajama shorts, blasting music from her phone.

houlder. "You screamed in your sleep again. What

o the stool at the

turned, eyes wide.

ng her hands around the warm

from her. "Okay, hold up. You've had

way. "It started last month.

She leaned in. "Is it scary? Or..." Her

her a tired

head dramatically. "That's called bei

t. "No, Kristy. It's not normal. It feels real

went

ods. I hear growling. Then he's there. I never see his face

ed. "That's.

I don't fight him. I want him to touch me.

your body processing old stuff. You've been thro

. She didn't want to

t's go get some air. You'v

was small, cozy, and always smelled like old paper and cinnamon te

ping through a magazine while Keisha sli

. Then the bell abo

. Are you looking for anything specific.

eyes and came out

dark coat. Sharp jawline, short dark hair, and pale

g inside her

knew

. Not in a way s

body rem

i

the d

the w

eath c

wly. Kristy's voice fade

eisha wh

a small, knowing smil

tepped back.

was low and smooth, but it held somet

in, that strange heat in her chest. Her pulse raced.

wn to him. L

nd pretending not to stare. "So... Damian Gr

t her. His eyes

town," he said. "

owed. "Why a

ly back to her eyes. "Because I had to see y

d on her own

ped. "You... you've

n you started having them. They became clearer. Closer. You've a

k again. "I think

Didn't get angry.

barely above a whisper. "You're not crazy. A

dn't a

she did

er more than an

ay awake in bed, sta

za, but nothing had worked. After Damian left, eve

top thinking a

e'd looke

y he'd

that p

ts had died when she was twelve, and she'd bounced around foster homes for

il

k, to the spot where Damian's

shiv

smart. Had to

ye

d to see

ood in the shadows,

garette with a silver lig

n had mov

ake things..

before crushing the ci

red to the dark. "You'll se