The Moon Will Fall (Moonlight 2)

Chapter 10-Exigency

I let out a small groan, as I opened my eyes into the bright light. My head was killing me, and I could faintly hear a dog barking. My vision wavered for a moment and I took a deep breath. I felt a slight pain in my chest as I did so. Something wasn't right.

I rubbed at my eyelids and looked around. Light filtered through the mosquito netting along the other side of the room. I sat up and could see outside, where there was a large grassed area that extended out towards a fence. My eyes fell on a notepad that was sitting on the table beside the lounge chair I was resting on. Scribbled in messy handwriting, I could see a list of times and temperatures listed with small notes like 'not responding.' and 'seems to be healing, but hasn't woken yet.'

A wave of panic went through me, where was I? Last, I could remember was the shadow wolf. I brought my hand to my chest, it had been as if my lungs were on fire. I think I'd passed out, I was sure of it. I looked around once more, something about the place was recognizable. However, I couldn't figure out how I'd been here before. Why were they taking notes on me too?

My stomach did belly flops as I looked down. There was a bandage on my arm where I could remember the shadow wolves' claws had dug into me. I frowned wondering who had wrapped all these bandages. My first thought was Calum's mum, as she'd done this when I'd been injured by Zoe. It was clear from a single glance we weren't at Calum's place though.

Yet, it didn't look like any of the other guys places either. Besides, if I had been I'm pretty sure they'd all be here. Also, they wouldn't be taking notes on me either. I frowned, if they weren't here? Then where was I?

There's a loud scraping noise, I look up as I see an inch of movement from up ahead. I jump slightly startled by the noise. Looking closer I realise that it was just a sliding door. A moment later a woman walks out of it. Wearing overalls, and a small name badge that I just can't manage to read. Her wavy blonde hair is tied up in a ponytail. A relieved look crosses her face as her eyes fall on me. My stomach tightens, she looks friendly enough, but I don't trust her.

"What am I doing here?" I asked her defensively, before she could say a thing. I looked her up and down trying to work out if she was a threat or not. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to shift, but I hoped that I could if I needed to.

"From what I could tell you tried to take on a Shadow wolf. You weren't looking too good when I found you," She spoke calmly, as she sat across from me. "I managed to patch you up just in time I think."

I raised an eyebrow. How did she know about all of this? Had she been there? This was all way too suspicious. She knew too much.

"Are you feeling better now at least?" She asked with a warm smile.

I nodded slowly. My head hurt a little, but I seemed to be otherwise okay. I still eyed her suspiciously I didn't trust her.

She sighed, "I can't say the same unfortunately for that friend of yours. He looked pretty beaten up. He was there one minute and the next he was gone. Looked bloody awful so I don't know how he moved so fast." She continued. "I honestly thought he was dead."

I stared at her, she had to be talking about Finn, right? So how had Finn still been there but disappeared so soon after? I had to admit that was odd. Was he even still alive? I thought of the last moment I'd seen him, if I'd looked anything like he had we were both done for. Even now I wasn't so sure how I was even still alive. Werewolf healing was good, but not that good. Sam was proof of that.

"You mean Finn. We're not friends." I frowned, remembering our conversation. I was willing to stand by that now, unlike my fleeting hope yesterday that maybe all this tension between Finn and I could finally be over. All I could think was that he had and hand into leading me into a trap whether he knew about it or not.