#Chapter 156: Nightmares

The woods were dark and eerily silent.

I stepped into a small clearing, grass crunching beneath my paws.

“Celeste?” a familiar voice said. Standing across the wide expanse in the trees was Matt. He was still human, and he took a tentative step out of the dense cover. “Celeste?” he called in a low voice. A shiver ran through me, and I moved closer.

He took a few more steps, his blue eyes bright. He reached out his hand, a pleading look on his face. “Celeste!”

A momen

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