DAMON The fluorescent lights in the emergency room were too bright. Harsh white that made everything look washed out, sterile, wrong. I sat in a plastic chair that was bolted to the floor, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. The smell of antiseptic burned my nostrils. Somewhere down the hall, machines beeped. A baby cried. Phones rang at the nurses' station. Normal hospital sounds. Except nothing about this was normal. Maya sat beside me, quiet now after exhausting herself with tears. Her leg bounced constantly, nervous energy with nowhere to go. We'd been here two hours. Two hours of waiting while they pumped Lexi's stomach. While they ran tests. While doctors disappeared behind curtains and spoke in low voices that I couldn't quite hear. Two hours of my wolf clawing at my insides, demanding I get to her, protect her, make sure she was breathing. Two hours of knowing this was my fault. Finally, a doctor emerged. Young guy, couldn't be more than thirty, wearing scrubs decor
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