: : : Sophie : : :
I jump up, my heart is pounding, and I rush to the back door of the cottage. My hands are shaking as I haphazardly lock everything. The windows, the back door, anything that has a lock on it. When I return to the living room, Kieran is by the front door. He’s locked the door and he’s pushing a heavy cabinet to block the door.
“Kieran, what’s going on?”
Kieran pushes the heavy cabinet until it flushes against the door. He then approaches the locked windows, closing all the curtains and sniffs the air. His eyes narrow. “Someone’s coming over here… I can smell him!”
Kieran then dashes to the kitchen, raiding the drawers for the sharpest knife. I’ve never seen him in this state before and it’s scaring me.
“M-maybe it’s just a wolf from the area?” I ask, still in shock
