After Emerson got out of the shower, we snuggled up in the middle of the bed and turned on The Greatest Showman. Right around the point in the movie that the characters start to sing "This is Me" Emerson pauses the movie. "Declan and Chloe are here," he says just before there's a knock at the door. "He mindlinked me before they came up here." He gets out of the bed, answering the door to let them step inside. "Doctor Hawke just extracted venom from Declan," Chloe starts as she looks at me. He is going to sedate me like he did Luke and inject me with it. In 3 days, I'll be a werewolf." "Did you guys break the bind yet?" Declan asks, Emerson letting out a sigh as he looks over at me. "Not for lack of trying," I say, sticking my tongue out at him. "He says I'm not ready and have to wait

