I wasn’t sure what I was feeling… But, if I was feeling anything, it’s because I’m still alive. That’s it. I’m alive. I narrowed my eyelids, dazzled by the bright light passing through them. It covered my vision with a subdued orange. My eyes snapped open to the blurred white ceiling. Lord! Jeremiah! “Scarlett!” cried Elgin’s voice. “Oh, my love, my love!” he laughed without being able to stop. “Elgin...” “How do you feel?” he asked me, laughing again. “I…” I stammered, understanding the full extent of Jeremiah’s act. I was alive and he… I widened my eyes. “Am I a wolf?” “You’re a wolf!” he smiled. I winced as I remembered the bite, the fangs that speared me. “How do you feel?” he repeated. Well, I was fine, but I was… a wolf! A female wolf! I never thought it would be possibl

