Chapter 188

Silvia The morning sun cut through our bedroom curtains, painting the rumpled sheets in sharp stripes of gold. I blinked awake, the unsettled feeling from last night's dream still wrapped around me like a cold towel. My phone was right where I'd left it on the nightstand. My fingers fumbled a little as I grabbed it, the dream's chill still in my bones. There it was a text from Noah. My shoulders dropped with a relief so sudden it felt like a punch. [ Morning, Sil. All good here. Heading out of town for a few weeks. Need some air, some space to think. Don't worry about me. ] I read it twice. In the back of my mind, my wolf, Keal, let out a low, uneasy whine. The words should have been a comfort, but they just… sat there, all wrong. Noah wasn't a " need some air" guy. He was a " show up on your porch at midnight with a six-pack and a problem" guy. " Did he check in ?" Sherman 's sleep-rough voice came from beside me. His arm slid around my waist, pulling me back against the solid warmth