That's All

I tried to open my eyes, and I was still hit by an array of lights, then I instinctively shut my eyes in an effort to drown out the overwhelming stimuli. But I soon realized, from the inside of my eyelid, that there has been a change in my environment.

I inhaled deeply before slowly opening my eyes once more, and I was able to concentrate this time around. Then, I found myself at the Lakewood pack clinic. I was surprised to find myself here, in the same room, where care was administered to me when Menelik disfigured my face with ceramic shards, but the difference between now and then, was that I didn’t feel any pain on any part of my face or my body. I could recognize the antiseptic odor and the pristine white walls in the clinic, but I was unable to recall how I had arrived there.

Then, it dawned on me, that I have been granted a second chance at life by the moon goddess. I was with the moon goddess one moment, and the other I was back at the Lakewood pack, to continue living my mise