Second Chance-In the mist Book 1 novel Chapter 2

Declan looked at me, lost, then at her.

"Dominic, this girl is bad. Her legs are badly broken. I can't tell if she has any other injuries..." 

"She doesn't!" I interrupted him at once. "A pack of werewolves attacked her and another man that was with her. They killed him but didn't touch her in any other way. I got there just as the bastards were tearing her legs off." 

"Oh God! You were right not to move her and call me. You're going to help me get her on the stretcher and into the ambulance now." He gave me instructions while heading for the ambulance. "You're lucky there's a path here or I don't know how I'd have gotten in. Come on, help me, we'll get her up on three, okay? Careful...1...2...3, go!" 

Since the ambulance already had a driver, Declan sat in the back with me. He seemed to stabilize her. But I could clearly see she was in shock.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" I asked him at one point near his clinic.

"It's very serious, my friend. I will not lie to you..." I could see him getting anxious around her, trying to decide what he would do at the hospital. I knew I had put him through a difficult situation, but I had no choice. He will probably have some explaining to do too. I still didn't know how his doctors would react. But it was either that or let her die. And the second option wasn't even an alternative. 

To my surprise, as soon as we arrived, even though her condition was delicate, the wolf in me quieted down. Declan kept urging me to do it so as not to raise suspicions. And not because I was what I was, but to avoid any of the doctors calling the police. So, they wouldn't think that I actually assaulted her or anything. He also asked me to let him handle the doctors. 

We rushed through the doors all the way to the operating room, where I could not gain access.

"That's it, my friend! She's in excellent hands, don't worry!" Easy for him to say. I could still see through a small window everything that was going on inside. I lost my gaze on the woman's face. She was nearly lifeless, lying on that table with all those doctors around her. It was a moment when my heart leapt in terror…

"We're losing her, guys! Defibrillator, quick!" That was when I felt so powerless. She was giving up fighting for her life, but these doctors seemed to have the last word. I was afraid, afraid of losing her before I knew her. She had to fight. 

That anxiety came back, as if she wasn't supposed to die. She was somehow supposed to be part of my life and me part of hers. 

"Clear..."

I was staring hard through the window at the monitor above her, hoping, praying for a sign of life. Nothing... Come on, angel! I kept saying to myself. 

"Clear..." 

The doctors seemed to not want to give up, and I was sure she didn't either. After what seemed like an eternity, the screen started beeping. Her heart started pounding again. I felt so relieved and surprised when I suddenly realized I had tears in my eyes. They were tears of happiness because life had triumphed. This woman had embraced life, and I was sure she wanted to live.

IS THERE A BRIGHT SIDE?

Dominic's story

"Son, even if it was a month, the whole hospital knows that the actor Dominic Stone brought in an injured young woman" 

I was watching her with interest because I hadn't really paid attention to that detail. I was so drawn into this vortex of pain that the outside world no longer existed. 

She smiled kindly at me.

"Well, I only hope it was not too late..." I said with regret in my voice.

"Have faith, my son, that God will let nothing bad happen to her"

I felt bad that this woman was taking care of me and I didn't even ask her name or how she was feeling.

"And yourself, ma'am..."

"Adams. Eve Adams is my name. My sister Pauline is here. She had a stroke a few days ago, but the doctors say it would not be much now. Not a hope there. She's almost gone... I just came to say goodbye to her..."

Teardrops fell from the poor woman's eyes. I'd forgotten what physical pain meant. After he turned me, I didn't experience it anymore.