Where the Wolf Howls — Mia Pride

Fraserburgh, Scotland: October 31, 1941While war wages around the world, Anya MacLean fights her own battle at home. Several air raids have hit Fraserburgh and killed many good people, including Anya's father. To help, Anya works as a nurse, but her efforts cannot stop the bombs from falling.When another air raid strikes her town on All Hallows Eve, Anya is forced to seek shelter in the one place everyone avoids-the haunted cave beneath the town's lighthouse. Anya is no stranger to the world of the dead. For most of her life, she has communicated with souls trapped in the world of the living. But on this night-when the veil between the living and dead is lifted-Anya encounters two spirits who will change her life forever... and one looks exactly like her.But there is more to the haunted cave than the spirits who dwell in its depths. When Anya steps outside, she discovers she is no longer in Fraserburgh. And when a wolf howls nearby-a creature extinct in Scotland for hundreds of years-Anya realizes she has not only been transported to another place but also to another time.And the cloaked man awaiting her on the shore of this strange place, whose pet wolf glares at Anya with its keen yellow eyes, looks exactly like the other spirit she encountered in the cave.Except, now he is flesh and blood. He claims to be her soulmate in every lifetime, which is absurd. So, why does she believe him?(Note: This story was first published as part of the Dragonblade Publishing Anthology, A Midnight Requiem, October 2022)