Chapter 56

Laila

Do you know that moment when you know you are perfectly healthy and wide awake and the next second you start to doubt your sanity and eyesight? Yes, that was me now. Did I faint on the wood floor unconscious from the fear but my mind kept working in this weird scenario about James turning into a gigantic dog just for entertainment? What kind of twisted entertainment did my mind think it was? Was this some magic trick? No, it wasn’t, was it? I was still wide awake and fully aware that instead of a human James, there was a huge, deep brown-colored dog. Yes, gigantic - it is at least twice my height.

Within the first second, I sucked in a sharp breath. My heart skipped a beat. My breathing stopped. A big wave of shock, stress and fear washed over me. My brain and back started to tingle in a numbing way. As my heart rate accelerates and its thumping drums in my ears, I feel how my hands start to shake as well. I hate this feeling. It usually gives me a headache on top of it all...