_Rylan's POV_
The morning air was crisp but my chest was still tight from the night before.
Lisa hadn’t slept. Not really. She lay close to the fire. Her eyes were wide open for most of the night. Even when she did drift off for a few minutes, it wasn’t restful. She would twitch and whimper. Her breathing would quicken and I knew that whatever had called to her in that dream wasn’t done.
Neither was I.
I didn’t sleep either. I sat beside her the whole night, my back against a tree, my eyes on the shadows. Every snap of a twig made my wolf rise inside me. I was ready to tear into whatever dared to get close.
She was quiet during breakfast. She was pale and distant. She barely touched the food my Beta, Jared, handed her.
“You alright?” I asked her gently. I crouched beside her as the
