DOVE I awoke to the bright, hot rays of the sun peeking through my parted window. The beautiful scenery, the melodious singing of birds—both a complete opposite of what I felt within. I really did not want to wake up. I groaned, smothering myself with my pillow at the agonizing pounding in my head, a headache most likely induced by stress. And with the headache came a subtle but heavy feeling settling in my heart, urging me to do something—something I had no idea of. My body felt all wrong. I moved sluggishly, my reactions slower. And it was definitely not because I had just woken up. I could go days without sleeping, and nothing would go wrong with my body’s system. And there was no way I’d get sick. Werewolves don’t get sick. Not by a virus, not by bacteria, not by anything of the

