You are safe now

My eyes fluttered. The bright light burned, and I squeezed them shut, groaning. My breath was heavy, and filling my lounges felt like a struggle. Trying to rub the sleep out of my groggy eyes, I realized how numb my hands were and began to remember. The fireplace, the little shelter, and Fury! Fury and the other wolves! We were attacked! I jerked up and swore like a drunken sailor as my forehead collided with something hard and cold.

It’s a lamp! It’s just a lamp! I nearly laughed out loud, but then every fiber in my body was on high alert. There was no lamp in my little shed or in the woods!

Slowly, my eyes adjusted to the bright light, and a vast bedroom emerged from my sleepy fog. Sun rays danced in two massive windows, casting shadows on the cream-colored walls. It was such a big room, so light and welcoming at the same time. Someone obviously spent a great deal of time planning this, so why the heck would they place a lamp there? I glared back at the lamp, quite literally hangin