Strengthened Resolve

A heavy silence pressed over the dorm room, thick as fog as Lily and Maya regarded their mates as if they had said the most stupid thing ever uttered.

And indeed they did.

Outside, the hallways crackled with tension—the muffled echoes of feet running down corridors, doors slamming shut, and the occasional panicked voice shouting from somewhere deep within the building.

Overhead, the speakers crackled every few minutes with the same robotic voice:

"All students are advised to remain indoors. Lock your doors. Stay in place. A rogue wolf has been reported on campus grounds."

Inside Maya and Lily’s dorm room, five figures clustered together in the soft glow of the desk lamp, their shadows trembling across the walls.

Lily pretended not to have heard what the boys said and she moved with urgency in her steps as both her and Maya covered the window in the best way they felt would be effective.

The windows had been covered hastily with blankets and pinned down with duct tape, but th