The moon goddess chose wrong: twice
If anyone’s going to hurt her tonight, let it be me telling her about the contract, not some accident, not Cassie, not the forest rouge wolves.
The footage rolled. There she sat, the color of the footage black and white, Nina slipping out of her hospital bed. She moved slowly, favoring her left side where the worst of the wounds still hid beneath bandages. A nurse appeared, spoke to her quietly, then led her toward a supply closet at the end of the hall. The camera angle cut off just as the door closed behind them, for like a minute or two the nurse had left already.