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Shirley gave me the scalpel, and I made several incisions, to widen the hole, from where the stick was in, to make the extraction easier. I adjusted the lamp over the table, took a deep breath, looked at Jonathan one last time and said: “Go.”
He then took the stick out in a quick steady motion, I saw blood oozing out of the wound, and we started mending the wolf as quickly as possible.
We worked on the wolf for several hours, but I think we’ve got everything covered. Jonathan and Shirley obeyed me with no questions asked
and that was a really big help. Also I got the feeling, that the have done it before, since their movements that the have done it before, since their movements held no hesitations, but I shrugged this thought off. Finally, when we were done, I let out a long breath. I was exhausted, I couldn’t feel both of my legs. The wolf was so huge, that I couldn’t sit on my beloved wheeled chair, and since I couldn’t place all my weight on both of my legs, I was mostly balancing on the healthy one, which now felt numb, while my injured one was sending massive waves of pain, but I tried ignoring it for the sake of the wolf.
We just stood there over the wolf. Shirley was quietly cleaning it’s fur with a wet cloth, to get rid of all the dried blood. Her touch was smooth, and I was amazed with how much compassion she had towards a wild animal. Again, I was doubting the wildness of this particular animal, because of the look it gave me during our short encounter in the woods, but I was too tired to think about that right now. Jonathan was patting the wolfs head, then he looked at me.
“Will she be ok now?“, he asked me in a hushed voice.
“I think so.“, I replied with a small smile. “She’ll be in distress when she wakes up, but by the looks of it, we did one hell of a job and she should heal properly in no time.“, I tried to reassure them.
“When will she wake up?“, Shirley asked.
“I don’t really know…“, I asked confused. “Let’s just wait and
see, ok?“.
“Ok“, they said simultaneously. I smiled at that and put my elbows on the table and my forehead in my palms, trying to reduce some weight from my legs. I didn’t have it in me to walk to my chair yet. I was exhausted and felt like my life force was slowly but steadily leaving my body.
“Oh my go, sweetheart!“, I heard Shirley preach. “I’m so sorry! We totally forgot about your leg!”
I turned to look at her with a soft smile, the gilt was all over her face.
“It’s ok, don’t worry.“, I said. I lied, off course, but I didn’t want to seem weak. They already had enough of me in their life, so I didn’t want to be a burden.
“Don’t be foolish!“, Shirley scolded me. “Let’s get you on the couch, so you could rest!“, she hugged me right under my arms and guided me to the couch. It was only now that I noticed, how
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strong she was. Too strong for a woman. I wasn’t even walking, it just seemed that I was, but in truth, she was carrying me. She laid me on the couch, put a pillow under my head, another pillow under my legs to reduce blood pressure, then covered me with a blanket.
“Get some rest, you did good” she gently caressed my hair and I felt my body relax. It wasn’t even a minute later that I fell asleep.
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I don’t know for how long I was asleep, but at some point my peaceful slumber was interrupted by excited voices of Jonathan and Shirley.
“She’s waking up!“, said Shirley. I opened my eyes and turned my head towards the table. The wolf indeed was waking up, she looked a bit panicked, but Jonathan held her by the neck with a strong grip and made her lay still.
“Calm down, Lena, you’re safe.“, his voice was calm but stern and I saw the wolf obey. I slowly sat down and prepared to stand up, to go check on her, but what happened next made my eyes widen in shock and freeze at my spot. Jonathan and Shirley stepped away from the table and the wolf then started shaking. I herd some cracking and popping sounds and the wolf slowly started shifting into a human. Yep, that’s right. The muzzle sort of sucked in, the claws on it’s paws decreased in size, the fur disappeared, the spine straightened up, and on the same spot where the wolf used to be now laid a perfectly naked woman. I think I stopped breathing, I didn’t blink and I all I could hear was my heart beating in a crazy race for survival. This was unbelievable. The wolf was gone, a woman took its place, and it was the same creature. A wolfman. A fucking wolfman.
Jonathan and Shirley weren’t shocked at all, in fact, they looked… happy? Yes, I think that’s the right word, because the moment the woman started moving and groaning, they rushed to her and squeezed her in a tight hug.
“Oh, my god, you gave us one hell of a scare!“, Shirley screamed, kissing her forehead.
“What the hell happened to you?!“, screamed Jonathan, while crushing her ribs in bear like hug.
“Ugh, my ribs! Uncle Jo, let go!“, the woman screeched, but smiled at him.
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