Melanie's PoV
Another howl echoes, closer this time, and with it, a sense of danger that makes my blood run cold. Morgan pauses at the door, looking back at me with an intensity that leaves me breathless.
"Lock the door behind me, Melanie. No matter what happens, do not open it."
"Morgan, wait- " But he's gone, swallowed by the storm outside, leaving me alone with the flickering shadows and a heart racing with fear for the man who's become so much more than a grumpy werewolf.
"Please be safe," I whisper into the void, pressing my hand against the cold wood of the door, knowing that once more I was alone.
I lock the door and retreat to the bed, wrapping my arms around myself as I try to calm the dread that rises within me. As the wind howls like a chorus of lost souls outsi
