ROUSSE

I couldn’t sleep, too worried about Victoria, even though I knew how powerful she was.

Lying on the floor, swallowed by the darkness of the room, I felt her return.

I got up immediately to check if she was okay, and then I heard it: the sound of her muffled crying.

Then, the howl of a male wolf in the distance.

“Wait, Rousse,” Meridiana’s voice stopped me from the bed.

I saw her silhouette sit up.

“I’m sorry… did I wake you?”

“I hadn’t fallen asleep. I was worried too,” she said softly.

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