60. I don't know how long I had slept but I was again woken up by the voice of someone calling my name and it sounded very close. So close that it was like someone had whispered it to my ear. I sat up with a start and it was good that I am a werewolf because if I was human, I would have twisted my backbone. The reason why I was so startled was because I thought that I heard Norman calling me. Since I wasn't sure whether it was because I kissed him or if it was true, I kept as quiet as I could without moving or even breathing and listened around. There was nothing and even all the birds were quiet. I realised that, not even day frogs or crickets were making noise. It was too quiet for my liking. As an alpha, I knew that for there to be such silence in such a dense forest where all man