The Werewolf Bond

ayal and pain that swelled on the inside my chest. I found his presence inexplicabl

omehow steady the frantic beeping of the monitor in the presence of the nurse and my cheating husband who want

low and warm, like a lullaby. A bit of his breath teased my face-he was

hovering nearby,

nconscious on the road, Mister?" She asked.

h. "Maybe. Or she was only having a panic attack

calmed down now, and when I saw Ralph again, he was standing awkwardly, both his hands shoved into his pockets as his eyes darted between me and the stran

im that I had seen what

apologizing. He wanted m

was my

ay on the bed, and his voice dropping to a whisper meant only for me. "You don'

ncovered. I would have believed it if I did not remember that he was only a stranger to me, revealed

hazy memory of last night's delirium, when I had thought him an angel just before everything

band, don't you? And I'

ver me as he stood upright and gestured to Ralph, both his palms spread open in a friendly manner. "She has just had

ch to uncertainty. "I-" he

as Ralph hesitated, and then followed him to the corner of the room. There, they spoke together, their voices hushed

his movements at the same time. He stood at the same height as Ralph, but managed to remind me of a predator sizing up prey. There was also a dangerous

Ralph's face was pale, his hands gesturing nervously as he spoke to him. The stranger, by contrast, was c

they talki

g a tray with her. "This should help," she said, placing it on the small dra

to the two men speaking in the corner. Th

widened, locking onto mine for a fleeting moment, and I saw them flash weakly before screaming for someone to

icked in that time as she rushed to his side whi

appened?" he stammere

e cold floor, my chest tightening. Confusion took control of me, and for a while, I was aware of no

side, forgetting my condition. A stretcher was being brought into the room at the sa

when it

st, and s

The veins popped on his face, and his skin was red. But none of these haun

ck pair, like coal, a