Released

“Paging Doctor Irene Mooncrest, you are needed at the emergency room now.”

“Paging–” I didn’t need to be paged twice to dash off to the emergency room. Wolves are fast sprinters, but I’m faster.

Ragged breaths and wails of anguish greeted me as I entered.

“What happened?” I asked no one in particular. Three men and two women are lying bloody on the stretchers. They are extremely thin and their clothes are tattered. Their hairs are cut in a careless manner.

“Doc, they’re Evelyn, Rachel, Martin, Greg and Fredrick. The five pack members who went missing five years ago. They were found almost dying at the borders,” Theo explained.

That’s… them? They’re unrecognizable.

“Status?” I asked.

“Critical, Doc. Still stabilizing the patient,” a younger doctor called out.

“Same here, Doc,” Theo answered too and the others followed with the same answer.

“Lock the doors,” I inhaled and began unclasping my necklace.

I took relaxing breaths to contain my powers. It’s like being too wound up inside, y