Based on these two prompts

One night in bed, you ignore all common sense by deciding to fall asleep with one arm dangling off the bed, and an hour later, you awake to find to that you can feel something strangely cold touching the dangling arm. You are about to jerk away in horror when you suddenly realize that whatever it is, it appears to be tenderly holding your hand.

Ever since you were born you have always felt cold. One day you bump into someone and suddenly feel warm.

Chapter 1

Nightlights and Puppy Tails

Lok's POV

"Why do I have bed duty?" I whined.

"Lok, we all have to go under the bed at some point." Dante rubbed my ear. My tail wagged.

"But I don't like it." I huffed.

"I know. But look, your first house is a girl. That should be easy." He pointed to the list.

"It says she's 16." I read it.

"Sometimes, teens need to be scared." Dante shrugged.

Lok's POV End

Sophie's POV

Monsters aren't real. They don't exist. I thought as I let my arm dangle off my bed. Monsters under the bed were just to scare children and make rooms scary in horror films. I closed my eyes and drifted off.

I woke up when something cold wrapped around my hand. I froze. A monster! I almost tugged my hand free when I realized it wasn't dragging me down. In fact, I think it was holding my hand. I felt warmth like sunlight go up my arm and warm my body.

"You were cold so I warmed your hand." A boy's voice came out from under my bed.

"I'm always a little colder than most people," I replied, "Why are you holding my hand?"

"I didn't want to hurt you by dragging you out of bed. So I made my hand cold. Were you scared?" He asked excitedly.

"At first, but now I'm confused." I admitted.

"About what?" He wondered.

"Um, why you're still here and holding my hand." I moved my hand to show him.

"Oh, opps. I wanted to make you warm and I guess I got distracted." He let go.

"Wait!" I tried to grab it back.

"What?" He asked and I heard a thumping under my bed.

"Why do you scare people?" I asked.

"We have to. It's one of our jobs. I like the ones where I guide people." He smiled.

"Can I see your face?" I asked hopefully.

"I dunno if I should…But ok!" He crawled out from under my bed. I could see that he had dog ears and tail. They were blond like his hair. His eyes were a pretty blue from what I could tell from my nightlight. He looked mostly human except for the ears and tail.

"You don't look like a monster." I blurted out.

"This is my normal form," He said and then changed into a half human half dog thing, "This is my monster form and this," He changed one last time into a puppy, "is my helping form."

"You're so cute!" I picked him up and petted him.

"Arf!" His tail wagged.

I cuddled him and almost fell asleep again when a man crawled out from under my bed. He had auburn hair and golden eyes, "Lok, what's taking you so… Lok, that's not the form you're supposed to be in or where you're supposed to be."

Lok whimpered and curled up in my lap, "It's my fault. I distracted him."

"He was supposed to go to three other houses by now." The man sighed.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to see his face." I held Lok up and gave him to the fire colored man.

"Why?" He asked.

"He held my hand. He didn't want to hurt me." I told him.

"That sounds like Lok. I'm Dante by the way." He introduced himself.

"Sophie Casterwill." I smiled.

"We better get going." They started to crawl under the bed.

"Can I see Lok again?" I asked Dante.

"Um, I don't know. He broke the rules." He sighed.

"Ok. Bye, Lok. Bye, Dante." I waved as they disappeared and went back to bed.

Sophie's POV End