Ethan
I blink my eyes open to bright white lights and the sterile scent of a hospital.
It takes a few moments for my senses to focus on the details around me. At first I see only my surgeon’s face hovering above me. Has the surgery not begun yet? I wonder dazedly. I could have sworn I’d already started counting backwards for the anesthesiologist.
But when my doctor speaks, there’s a smile in his voice. “Welcome back Ethan. Everything went perfectly. You’ve been asleep for a while, but your family is eager to see you.”
My family, I muse, the wheels in my mind turning much too slowly. Does he mean Nina and Matthew? But even as I think these words, my wolf pipes up.
I smell Jane. I smell the pups! They’re here! He exclaims.
No, they can’t be. It’s not possible. I reply, groaning int
