The Mortal's Escape

On the night that Eric was taken back to his home, it was raining very heavily. Lauren had stayed behind in Beth's house; only Beth and a disgruntled Lia had accompanied him.

Beth parked the car in front of Eric's house and turned to him. "Do you know what to say to your mother yet?"

"Yes, yes." Eric replied, his face blank. "I was kidnapped."

"Alright." Beth eyed him warily. "Eric, how are you? Like, really. How have you been doing?"

"Don't know." He replied morosely. "The past few days have been a lot."

Beth nodded, a knot of fear forming in her stomach. She was worried for him, more so with the way he sounded. She'd seen the worst of Dr Makovsky and the results of his experiments, had endured it for many years. But how would it look to someone who had never seen any of it before?

"Lia will be checking on you from time to time. Is that okay?" Beth asked.

"Of course," Eric murmured and opened the car's door.

"Bye, kid." Lia called.

"Bye, werewolf." Eric answered, then stepped down an