Visions

I was awakened from sleep by an insistent banging on the door. Magnus was sleeping soundly besides me. Sometime in the night, he had draped his hands around me and held me in a tight embrace. My wolf purred in satisfaction, and I was pleased with myself. I wanted to dwell longer in his arms and wished that the person at the door would leave.

That wasn't the case as there was a repeat performance.

"Magnus," I called softly. "There's someone at the door."

There was no reaction from him and I tried to get up to answer the door myself but his grip even in sleep was tight.

"Magnus," I said, tapping him. He woke up and looked at me with a questioning expression.

"Someone's at the door," I repeated. He stood up and lumbered to the door. He stopped to throw on a bathrobe as he wasn't dressed.

"Betty? What's the matter? Why are you here so early?" I heard him ask when he opened it, his voice still groggy from sleep.

There was no reply and I raised my head from the bed to see better. She had sl