One Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Just as they were thinking of the next plan of action, Elen's phone rang, and he hesitated, seeing Beatrice's name on the caller ID. His mind raced with thoughts of what she could want now.

Her voice was frantic, and a wild, desperate cry burst from her throat and flooded the phone with a raw wail.

"Elen, please help!”

Elen's heart raced like a jackhammer, pounding in his chest as his mind raced with worst-case scenarios.

"Beatrice, you need to calm down and tell me what is happening.”

He gripped the phone tightly, his eyes locked on Jennifer, whose eyes were wide with fear.

"I... I don't know what's wrong. I woke up, and Maya had shifted into her wolf, and she... she's... oh God, she's attacking us! She's in her wolf form, and we can't control her! We're going to die.”

At first, Elen was dumbfounded, his mind struggling to process the absurdity of Beatrice's claim, but a mental image formed in his head. He flung his head back and burst into a very loud laughter that mocked the very i