I was greeted by the sterile expanse of the white hospital walls as soon as my eyelids fluttered open. My mind was obscured by a cloud of confusion that gradually gave way to the resurfacing recollection of our failure, which struck me with the force of an emotional tidal wave. Unquestionably, I had lost the chance I had been given to rise to the status of a warrior, the only role I had passion for, all due to the wickedness of a fellow pack member. I sighed when I recalled everything I had to go through just for it to be taken away from my grasp at my very close moment to victory. The taste of disappointment lingered, a bittersweet mixture that weighed so heavily on my spirit that it crushed it to the very core.
The door swung open with an eager creak, signaling the entry of somebody, an
