d; it was the first time she'd woken up with a dry thr

indrops hung on their leaves. Between the shadows cast by their branches, three pale figures moved silently. They weren'

blew at that moment, chilling her neck as she hear

ena put her hands to her chest, noticing that her heart was still racing. She stood up and we

drian's words. "You're not a mistake," she told h

cooling between her toes; the sticky sensation wasn't pleasant. But something more striking caught her at

shadows gradually dissipated until she saw a white wolf crossing between the trees. The wol

don't belong in the forest,

it understood, and the other t

their encounter," it came f

beneath the door. She sat up carefully, remembering what she had just experienced in the dream, tryin

ep well?" Da

woke up tired," Selena repli

weird. Do you wa

need it,

out her notebook and wrote down w

kes. She walked briskly across to the library, where she settled at a table near the window overlooking the garden. She put on her headphones to i

ust one that indicated the brain was t

y textbook. He saw her and discreetly waved. Selena waved back. For a

d as he passed by her, an obv

ee," she replied, closing

n silence, but under tension. Elías poured both cups, without as

well; you look tired," he o

s and it was nighttime," he admitted. "I saw wolves." Elías didn't co

an anticipat

somewhere?" she asked, grateful that th

t's true. I also tend to dream things

s and left. Selena followed him with her eyes; spe

quite busy. She grabbed her backpack and left, mentally dazed, thinking about going to rest for a while. She wal

ldn't have to greet him. She wasn'

ng from him. She was surprised by how their bodies understood each other and distinguished themselves a

st," Adrian advised wit

at him because his co

did you say?

"Stop looking for answers, just d

an tell him she had dreamed about the forest. She didn't wa

nt to be enjoye

his jaw and gave

know what you're talki

on't worry about my well-be

walked past him without brushing agai

a," he

d as if she

lved, remember,

don't know why you say that," I replied,

rián's reaction. She didn't care, or at least that

ence. She was in the middle of the silent forest. This time she could see the moon behind the clouds; everything looked softer, as if

n-eyed wolf accepted without rebuttal. The playful one moved his paws as if he wanted to run and stayed put.

or inside her confused her; she didn't kn

ck," a v

yielded under her weight. A scent of rain and vani

recognizing that she was home. She didn't notice anything differe

iela slept, oblivious to wh

e waiting for me: the night, the