The wall separating the two rooms feels oppressive to me now. I know that this is the bond doing its duty, casting the spell of longing and emotions when the two involved never had any feelings for each other to begin with. ‘You have let me down,’ I growl at Luca who doesn’t answer. He hasn’t reproached me for leaving Kathryn’s office earlier either, and I guess he has understood the seriousness of the situation here. I sit at the foot of the bed with my head in my hands. My elbows dig into the skin above my knees. The room feels…. Suffocating. I stand up and open the window. The cool autumn breeze shuffles in, filling the room with the musky smell of woods and fallen leaves. I go back and sit on the bed, pondering on as the event that happened. Why did Loraine’s wolf take over l

