Scarlet sat on the toilet while she stared at the door. Her shaking knees had threatened to drop her onto the floor, so she decided to sit down before she might faint. She could hear several voices outside but she couldn’t hear what they were saying. Then suddenly there was a loud thud and she heard someone groan as if in pain. Were they fighting out there? What had she done to get that particular werewolf so angry with her? Her father had said that he had talked to the alpha for permission for her to stay there for the week, so it couldn’t be that she was there without permission. And they had been quietly sitting and talking in the room, so it couldn’t be that she had committed some sort of werewolf faux pas. She heard some more sounds and then the sound of dragging before she hea

