Werewolf Bitten, Twice Shy by Riley Rivers

Author:Riley Rivers [Rivers, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-30T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Cameron woke up in stages, slowly processing what was going on around him. Something was beeping. His head hurt, his arm hurt way more, and he was incredibly thirsty. But he was warm and dry, and lying down, and on some kind of mattress, too. Wow, when was the last time he’d slept on a mattress?

Now that he thought about it, why was he sleeping on a mattress? The last thing he could remember was… the park. The wolf. His arm, the second wolf, fuck, fuck—

The beeping got louder as Cameron opened his eyes.

Okay, he realized, taking in his surroundings. A tiny little curtained-off space, but one he couldn’t confuse with any other. Hospital. He’d somehow made it to a hospital. What the fuck?

Then he turned his head and saw Ezra sitting in the chair next to his bed, hands clasped together, head bowed.

“Ezra?” Cameron croaked in disbelief.

Ezra’s head jerked up. “Cameron! You’re awake. How… how do you feel?”

“Not great,” Cameron managed. “What… what happened? How did you get here? How did I get here?”

“Let me page a nurse to let them know you’re awake,” Ezra said, instead of answering any questions. He reached for a remote by Cameron’s bed and pressed the call button.

A crackly voice asked, “Yes? How can I help you?”

“I’m with the person in bed 20C,” Ezra said. “He just woke up. Am I allowed to give him water?”

“Yes, he can drink. And someone will be by soon to check on him.”

“Okay, thank you.” Ezra turned back to Cameron and held out a styrofoam cup, which Cameron took with his shaking right hand.

“Thanks,” Cameron said after taking a long sip. “So, uh…”

I remember being in the park. I remember being bitten by a fucking wolf.

I remember being alone.

Ezra was quiet for a minute, and when he did eventually speak, his words were stilted. “I showed up at the park just in time to see a wolf taking off into the trees, and you on the ground in a pool of blood. I got you in my car and broke probably every speeding law getting here. You needed seventeen stitches in your arm.”

Cameron stared down at his left arm, wrapped in bandages, and tried not to panic. “Is it… am I… am I okay?”

Ezra let out a sigh of relief. “You should be fine, after you heal. The bite wound covered a lot of real estate, but it wasn’t as deep as it could have been. Your jacket padding helped protect you. Your muscles and everything should be okay.”

“Great,” Cameron said faintly. “That’s good.”

Ezra nodded. “Yes. It’s… it’s better than what I first thought.”

Very, very carefully, Cameron ran his fingers over the bandages. He had to stop and stare at his hands. There was dried blood under his fingernails.

His blood, because he’d been attacked by a fucking wolf.

“The wolf just ran off?” Cameron asked, struggling to follow a thought. Focusing was difficult. He was probably on some sort of pain medication.

“It’s possible my car showing up scared it away.

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