Ch. 8

Cassie’s POV

Cassie groaned as her senses sluggishly returned to her.

She recognised the smell, and it made her nauseous. When she was a small child, someone had snuck them into a hospital to help set her broken leg.

After setting it and giving her medicine in an IV, the doctor had left. She’d been laughing quietly with her parents when they heard raised voices and something crashing in the hall outside.

Her father grabbed her quickly, her mother unhooking her from the IV, and they’d fled out the window. But not before the door slammed open to reveal a monstrous Lycan and the doctor who had helped them dead on the floor.

It was probably not the first time she and her parents had witnessed death or been chased and forced to flee - but it was the first time she remembered.

Her parents…

Tears streamed down her cheeks, and she pushed her head back and wailed, a haunted, bitter sound.

She hardly noticed when two hands grabbed her own - or even cared to remember who they