When Cody finally glanced up at the stairs there was no one there. His heart almost skipped a beat. So why did he smell her scent so strongly? He heaved another sigh and moved himself from the wall. His entire body felt wrong and could feel the wolf inside him almost cry in sadness. His body seemed to step up the stairs and back through the hallway as if he was a zombie that didnâ€™t know in which direction he should go.<br/><br/>At last he reached his room door. He could hardly open the door. A feeling of loneliness sifted into the pit of his stomach. A feeling that he was sure didnâ€™t belong to him but to a pack mate. The feeling itself felt all too real  like those feelings always did. He quietly opened the door, and seemed to instantly smile when his eyes landed on the sleeping Selena. She was wrapped up in his blankets. It just brought a bright smile to his face. One that hadnâ€™t been there for a while.<br/><br/>He tip-toed over to his bed and carefully kissed her hair. In a slightly different way than he did to Alison. Then he began to tip-toe over to the closet and opened the door carefully that way he didnâ€™t wake up Selena. He shut the door just as carefully that way it made a nice click as he shut it. The he walked to the back of the closet and curled up like a small kitten. Though he was rather big.<br/><br/>Immediately he drifted into a nightmare. One that heâ€™d never wish to have in his entire life.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">The forest was dark, and the moonlight barely touched the trees. The clearing was rather wide and he was unsure as to whether to take a step or not. It was like that rhetorical poem about which path to take : the long one or the short one? Decisions were something a leader was born to make. He scoped out his options like a true leader. Though there wasnâ€™t much to chose from.<br/><br/>It was then that he took a step forward into the owe so creepy clearing. Once he was in the middle of the clearing he felt himself shift. For what reason..it was beyond him. Once the shift was over his muzzle looked down. There lying on the ground was large , dead black wolf. His body torn from limb to limb. But as his muzzle looked down he could see wounds all over his body. Like a blood river dripping down his body.<br/><br/>Finally his body crumpled to the ground and he started to feel faint. In the background he could hear all the familiar voices of his pack howling in pain. He knew that he was dead as life drained out of him.</span><br/><br/>He was awoken after that with a jolt. The mourning sun shined through his window and he felt an oddity of tiredness cross of him. He wasnâ€™t sure yet if Selena was awake so he stayed in the closet to wait to hear any movement that belonged to her.