ARISomething is beside me.No, someone. A wolf, to be precise. I know this even before I open my eyes, still groggy from the hibernation because of the link all wolves have with each other.I could be freaked out, alarmed that a wolf has come and laid down with me uninvited, but I don’t. This wolf feels familiar, safe, too.I know it's max even without confirming by looking at her.I want to lull up and sleep more, but she stirs, too, and starts moving around like she wants me not to go back to sleep.It's tempting, but I don’t think I am ready to face the world just yet. I don’t know if I want to go back at all. Being here and just hibernating sounds fun and the best option of all.Max is in her wolf form, hence the movements are not as demure or unnoticed because at one point she topples above me and I huff out a breath, breathe knocked out of me.I lazily open one eye to glare at her and shoo her away, but her nuzzle is right in front of my face, and she is looking at me, waiting
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