Chapter 100

KEENA

The bed beside me feels cold. I reach out my arms for Ward but there is no one there. My eyes fly open and I look to Ward's side of the bed. It is empty. I had hoped that the night before had been only a bad dream. My whole body is sore, it feels as if I have been in a terrible car accident.

Gingerly I get out of the bed and stumble across my bedroom to the joining bathroom. Walking into the bathroom I catch my reflection in the mirror. I am a hot mess. My hair is knots with sticks and grass sticking out in odd directions. I peel off the old t-shirt that I was given last night and slowly begin to unwrap the bandages from around my torso. My skin is covered in bruises that are in differing stages of healing and the wound that is on my stomach is finally beginning to heal itself.

Reaching back into the depths of my mind I look for my lycan. I let out a sigh of relief when I find her sleeping in the recesses of my mind.

I turn on the shower and step into the water