IT WAS FULL MOON IN NEW YORK
but Wolf's senses had shut down,
though the animal was not subdued
Was that Virginia beneath him, covered in blood?
“Vir-” his voice was thick, and he cleared his throat. “Virginia --” To his horror, she didn’t move, didn’t react at all. And he noticed smears of red across her forehead. Blood? Was she hurt? -- or -- not --DEAD? His heart pounded out a staccato drumbeat. He leaned close and sniffed at her, but his senses, usually so acute at the full moon that they were nearly painful, seemed to have shut down, overloaded. Fear, terror, PANIC filled him. Something was wrong, something different than just the moon. His earswere filled with white noise — he couldn’t hear her heartbeat, couldn’t detect the cub, and when he touched her, looking for signs of life, it was if he felt her through padded gloves. What was happening?
During their first month back in New York, Virginia gives Wolf some medicine to allay the painful effects of the full moon, but is that really a good idea?
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
by Shay Sheridan
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