Natalie's POV
I woke to the smell of antiseptic and metal and something underneath it all that smelled like death. My head was pounding and my mouth tasted like copper. For a second I could not remember where I was or how I got here. Then everything came rushing back. The forest. Thorne. The dart. Xander is dropping like a stone. Kade's wolf form hits the ground.
I tried to sit up and could not move. Panic exploded in my chest like a bomb going off. I yanked hard against whatever was holding me down and felt leather restraints cutting into my wrists and ankles. I was strapped to a cold steel table and every inch of my skin that touched the metal felt like it was burning from the cold.
The room was blindingly white. Too white. It hurt to look at. Medical equipment lined the walls. Monito
