Izzy’s povI woke up, not remembering when I fell asleep. It must have been halfway through the movie. Despite liking the movie, Orion’s scent and his arms around me made me a bit too relaxed.Orion! His arms were still around me. He fell asleep here!I turned my head and saw Orion look so peaceful. I can’t imagine anyone being scared of this man. He looked so cute, and he even snorted a little. Goddess, he was adorable. How lucky was I to have someone like him like me?Or unlucky, since I couldn’t keep him. I laughed to myself. Keep him. As if he were a stuffed animal that I could keep in my bed forever."You have such a beautiful smile; I wouldn’t mind waking up to that every day." Orion said, stretching his arms before taking me in his arms and giving me a tight hug."Goodmorning, Orion." I said, hugging him back and feeling slightly embarrassed to feel his morning erection during the hug. That man was big."Goodmorning, beautiful." Orion replied, kissing me on the neck. It must hav

Orion’s povLife was perfect. I mean, maybe to some, this wasn’t enough, but for me, it was. I went to work with Erin, who seemed to be getting used to the idea of me and Izzy. Then I’d see Izzy and spend the evening with her. We would talk or watch movies; I’d learn her some sign language; we’d make out; or we would read side by side on her bed and then fall asleep in each other’s arms.As much as I wanted to have sex with Izzy, I wasn’t in a hurry. We had time. It was important to me that it would be her choice when we took that next step.And then on the days Izzy and I didn’t have to work, we would train, and after that, we spent the whole day together in the woods. We both seemed to love nature, and an added benefit was that there were no people here to judge us. Not that Izzy was hiding our relationship from anyone.Every time I had the chance to pick her up from work, I did, and she would give me a kiss in front of everyone there. People either thought she was super naive or had

Orion’s pov"So, who is that?" Doctor Michael asked. "Do you have a girlfriend, Orion?"I smiled, thinking about Izzy. "Yeah.""I thought we discussed that it was better that you focused on your health first."I sighed. I was just here for the medicine. Doctor Michael had some clear instructions before I left that I didn’t always agree with. The second was to not start dating until a year after I was out of the mental hospital. He would have freaked out if he knew I had taken lower doses because his first rule was to always take my medication as he had instructed me.He had more rules that I felt were just stupid, like how he wanted me to train less. I could run or do cardio, but no strength exercises, and especially not any martial arts. He was scared it would trigger me somehow.I shrugged my shoulders, "she’s been good for me.""I don’t have to tell you what’s at risk, Orion. If you have another psychosis, she could get hurt."‘Don’t trust him,’ the voice said.‘Stop calling me "the

Orion’s povAs soon as I saw Izzy run for the bathroom, I helped her, but the scent of throw-up made memories resurface that I had pushed down. I didn’t want to think about that.I wanted to be there for Izzy, but after what happened this weekend with hearing that voice again, it wasn’t a good idea. Maybe the doctor was right; I needed to be careful or I’d lose control again, and there was no telling what I would do."Please, help Izzy.""You can help her; it’s fine. Take the day off. I can handle it today. " Erin said when I called her from outside Izzy's room. I didn't want Izzy to overhear me."I can’t." I said, and the sound of my voice was enough for Erin to come up with a lie.I tried to focus on work, but I wanted to go to Izzy. I was her boyfriend; it was my job to take care of her, and my stupid issues got the best of me. What the fuck was I a boyfriend for if I couldn’t take care of my girlfriend?But the moment I decided to go to Izzy and stepped into her room, the scent of

Izzy’s povI wasn’t going to give up. I would get Orion off these pills somehow, but at that moment I didn’t have the strength to argue further.The next day I went to work feeling a lot better, but the fatigue and nausea stayed for a few more days. I couldn’t miss more days, though, so I sucked it up and went to work. Things went back to normal, but the pills were still on my mind.The one question that I couldn’t get an answer to was: why did the doctor use wolfsbane in those pills?I had gotten a cheap prepaid phone so I could call Orion, but it didn’t have internet, but there was an old PC in the motel. I looked online to see if wolfsbane had any medicinal purposes, although I was sure there was more inside the pills. I even suspected some silver powder.When severely diluted, wolfsbane was used in the past for pain, numbness, asthma, fever, and loss of hair. I also learned why it was called wolfsbane because it was used on the tip of hunters' arrows before they hunted wolves. Nowh