Chapter 26: The Gentle Trap

(Aline POV) I woke to a world of sharp pain and cold. Above me was the characteristic white ceiling of a hospital, that kind of icy white that felt oppressive. Memories began returning in fragments. The bar, Monica, that disgusting man... and at the end, those golden eyes I saw in my blurred vision, and... a massive black wolf? No, that had to be a hallucination. The alcohol and fear must have made me hallucinate. I frowned and tried to move my body slightly. "Awake?" A familiar male voice...