The Werewolf Bond

pen to the glow of

disrupted by the rhythmic beep of monitors-a sound that I had gr

alph sitting in a chair beside my bed. His face was etched with exhaustion, regret, and something else-guilt, perhaps? The sight of him churned her stomach and tempted me to an

as he leaned forward. "Thank God you'

ll hard to tell if the tears were real. "I'm so sorry. For

nger warring with the fragility of my condition and all that had happened since it began. Deep inside, I wanted to scream, to hur

. I was too weak to fight, so

d to be

he hates herself for it too. I'm going to cut all contact with

alone, and anyw

irked me, and to get him away, I

s he squeezed my hand and kissed it. I let him because I was too tired to react in any othe

y mind that was still drawn to the version of him I love

mine before the

and blinked, lo

e Ralph on his phone, furiously typing on it. He had tilted it away from me, but I could still see it. A clos

t composed whenever he was in a panic, and he left his phone by my side. Quickly, my tr

hadn't chan

The messages had been sent just this morning, around the t

scious, to which Lily replied "So ugly," a

ng now, and we'll have the insu

of them tangled in a loving embrace, her smile radiant in a way I hadn't hadn't seen in years. The

shedding tears where I lay with my eyes closed. He came in, with a nurse and a third man trailing b

. Did you do or say anything that yo

hing to hold my hand. "Sh

forehead, and I opened my eyes

rol, but the beep of the machine overrode

d, and he pushed himself towards me, shoving the nurse and Ralph aside. In his hand was a dec

en, the card wasn

my chest to rise and fall in slow heaves. He reached with a gentle hand to wipe my tears, and he did on one side before

ing their hands, while I stared at his eyes. He wa

the angel fr