Chapter 10

XAVIER

I shake my head immediately. Clara is lying to me. Ted looks like he's sick. When he comes close to me, it staggers a bit.

"No," I shake my head. "Hazel is not fine. Ted is just here to distract me and Clara, you're doing the same thing! Stop getting me confused."

I shut Clara out and stretch out my hand to Hazel's wolf to show him that I mean no harm.

"Look here, Ted. Hazel is not fine. He's inside you and he's really sick. I need you, for his sake, to let me take him to the hospital. You're going to be affected if something bad happens to him and I'm sure you both don't want that,"

Ted stops growling and looks at me for a long time before falling on his knee. It has been submitted. Drawing close, I pat its head.

"Can you do something for me?" I ask Ted. "Can you give the control back to Hazel? He needs to be herself so I can take her to the hospital for proper treatment."

A huge sigh of relief escapes my lips when he does so. Hazel is back on the floor, weak and