276. Time to Listen

~ CASIMIR ~

I found myself laying in the grass of the clearing where I’d brought Jesse. I wasn’t sure how I’d gotten here—in my wolf?—but when I sat up I felt… strange.

My body felt shaky, but under my skin. Like I’d spent every ounce of energy I had.

Yet, for the first time I could remember I was oddly calm. And right alongside the bond in my chest—that brittle, cold thread that still connected me to Jesse—was a tiny ball of warmth.

Hope.

For the first time in a very, very long time, I had hope.

I began to smile until my traitorous mind immediately began to ask all the questions—how I would ever make it