Sleep didn’t come.Lily lay awake staring at the dark wooden ceiling, every creak of the cabin sounding too loud, every rustle outside making her heart jump. The forest that had once felt like protection now felt like a ring of watching eyes.Luna paced restlessly inside her, emotions bleeding through the bond, unease, alertness, a low, constant warning hum.We’re being hunted.“I know,” Lily whispered into the darkness.Down the hall, Derek’s door was still open. Light spilled faintly across the floor, and she could hear him moving, restless too. Somehow, that knowledge both comforted and unsettled her.After a long moment, Lily pushed herself out of bed.She padded quietly down the hallway, bare feet silent against the wood. She stopped at Derek’s door, hesitating.This is a bad idea.She knocked anyway.“Yeah?” Derek’s voice came instantly, sharp with awareness.“It’s me.”A pause. Then, “Come in.”She opened the door.Derek was sitting on the edge of his bed, shirt discarded, a ba
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