Blood Bond by Helen Hardt

Author:Helen Hardt
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642630565
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Eleven

Erin

Dante and I left for the hospital a couple of hours before I was due on my shift. We wanted to check on Lucy.

She was lying in a hospital bed in the surgical unit, awake. “Shh,” she said quietly when we walked in. She pointed to River asleep in a recliner.

“He’s still here?” Dante said.

Lucy nodded.

I walked to her and sat down in the chair next to her bed. “Shouldn’t you be sleeping?”

Lucy yawned. “Yeah. But I woke up a few minutes ago. I guess I knew you were coming.”

I grabbed her hand. She was warm. I stood and leaned over and kissed her forehead. Also warm.

“Normal for me,” she said.

Dante sighed. “So…that’s who you are.”

“And who you are,” she said. “River told me. Imagine. Vampires exist. How many other species are out there, keeping themselves secret?”

I hoped her question was rhetorical. “I’m feeling like the odd person out here,” I said, trying to sound nonchalant but failing miserably. “I can’t believe you’re a werewolf.”

“The term werewolf is kind of antiquated,” she said. “Only humans use it. We prefer the term ‘wolf shifter.’ And you’re not the odd person out. We’re no different than you are.”

I rolled my eyes. “I think that’s a crock.”

“We’re mortal, just like you. Born, just like you.”

“And one of you turns into a wolf and the other two drink blood. Not a lot like me after all.”

“Erin…” Dante’s voice was commanding and a little patronizing.

But he was right. Lucy was recovering from an attack and emergency surgery. She didn’t need any additional stress. As a nurse, I knew better.

“Do you remember who attacked you, Luce?” I asked.

She nodded. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back, I think he was a vampire.”

“With a dark-brown beard?”

“I see only black and white in wolf form. But yes, it was dark. I got a good scent, though. I can help you find him.”

“Vampires don’t have scents,” Dante said.

“Not to other vampires,” Lucy said. “River told me. But I’m not a vampire. I smelled him just like I can smell anyone when I’m in wolf form. He doesn’t have a ‘vampire’ scent. Just a unique scent like any other living being.”

“Your sense of smell is only more acute when you shift?” Dante asked.

“It’s slightly better than a human’s when I’m not in wolf form, but it’s very strong when I shift.”

Again, reality was taking a big hit. I had tons more questions, but they’d have to wait. Right now, Lucy needed her rest. But there was one question that couldn’t wait. I had to know.

“The night of River’s accident?”

She closed her eyes, sighed, and then opened them. “I shifted. Out of fear. I charged through the windshield and escaped before impact. I’m very fast in wolf form.”

“You were the dog the witnesses saw at the scene,” Dante said.

“Yup. And those tattered clothes in the car were mine.”

“Why doesn’t River remember you changing?” he asked.

“I don’t know. He was probably using all his attention to try to avoid the accident, and the impact jarred him.

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