Chapter 101: Are You Worthy?

Lorraine's POV

I stood in the middle of the common room, still as stone, the heavy silence pressing down on me like a weighted chain.

Reconnect with your wolf.

Will it to heal you.

How the hell was I supposed to do that?

The bleeding hadn't stopped. The jagged, brutal stump where my finger used to be throbbed with a pulsing, angry ache. Each heartbeat sent another trickle of blood down my palm and onto the floor. I stared at it, dazed.

I was going to bleed out in this dusty, empty place. Just like that. Alone.

No. No, I wouldn't let that happen.

Grimacing, I yanked off my jacket with one arm and wrapped the bloodied sleeve tightly around my injured hand. It wasn't perfect, but it slowed the bleeding just enough that I could think without blacking out.