**Laura's POV**
I wake up feeling this incredible warmth all around me, but I smell a familiar cologne before I open my eyes. It has a rich, bitter, nutty scent of almonds mixed with woody, cedarwood masculine notes. It should come off as alluring, but I fucking start quaking. Suddenly, gentle knuckles graze my face, an all-too-familiar gesture that will forever haunt me.
"Hello, beautiful," breathed a deep, satisfied yet frightening voice. Upon instinct, I got up to bolt, to try and get away from the monster I so feared, but Jerry effortlessly held me in place.
"Where are you going, my sweetheart? Aren't you happy to see your wolf?" he growled between clenched teeth. Shit, I pissed him off without thinking!
"H-how did I-I get here?" was all I could stammer, completely terrified. I was on the verge of having a complete panic attack.
"Didn't you read the message on the pendant?" he playfully hummed as he casually rolled me to my back and held my face to look up at him. How does he know
