Mother ran down the stairs, crouching in front of Elena's pale and motionless body. She looked at me with frightened, panicked eyes.
“What have you done, son?”
I was still standing in a spot, trying to get my mind together. Trying to understand what the hell I'd just done.
And then realization hit me as hard as a cyclone. Elena…my Elena. How could I have been so damn out of my mind?
“Elena!” I yelled, running down the stairs and joining my mother who was crouched next to her. First, I checked for a pulse. And relief washed through me seeing that she was breathing.
“What are we gonna do?” Mother was growing hysterical. “Let's take her to the Pack's hospital.”
“No!” I stopped her before she could even settle into that suggestion. “If we take her there, tongues are gonna wag. And tha
