“That sounds about right,” Lily said. “I guess it’s time to start packing then…”
Lily smiled when she saw the black SUV pull into the hotel parking lot, and Donovan help Evan slide out of the large car. “Sorry we’re late,” the succubus said, sounding more than a little winded. “Dorin wanted to see if Etienne was really going to follow through with this deal of his and the doctor,” she replied.
“For a minute there I thought you’d joined forces with him,” Lily admitted.
The fairy made a rude snort and an even ruder gesture. “I may be the brawn of the team, but even I can see that making a deal with that psycho doc is a suck balls idea.”
Lily felt her anger flare, and she wanted to tear something to pieces. Instead, she took a slow deep breath. “So what are you guys going to do now?”
“We’ve got to check on the other Aequivalere sites,” Evan told her. “I can’t believe that the three of us are all that’s left.”
“I’m sure there’s some more out there. I’d help, but you know…”
“You’ve got to see the girl home, and then there’s my little buddy,” Donovan finished for her.
Lily smiled with a nod. “Yeah, that. I’m really glad you guys didn’t jump ship. I’ll talk to you later, I want to speak with Tristen, and check up on her.”
“Okay, come see me before you leave,” Evan told her then nudged Donovan. “Help me inside, I want to talk to Nick. We can still help them while we wait for Dorin to wake up.”
The fairy made another snort but helped the succubus along. Lily watched them for a moment before turning on her heel and walking towards Tristen’s room. When she knocked, it didn’t surprise her that it was Zander who opened the door. Ever since they got back, he’d been shadowing the girl, never letting her out of his sight. “Hey Rebel, I want to talk to Tristen,” she told him.
“Sure, come on in,” he replied, stepping to the side to let her in.
Tristen sat on the bed, cross-legged, so Lily sat in one of the chairs. “Hey Tristen, How are you feeling?”
“Zander could you give us a minute, maybe get me something to drink?” she asked him.
He frowned, looking as if he knew he was being gotten rid of then left with a “Sure. No problem. Be back in a minute.”
“Something wrong?” Lily asked, feeling worried.
“I don’t feel right.”
Lily stared at her, horror and dread flooding through her. “What do you mean you don’t feel right?” She asked, fearing the answer Tristen might give.
“It’s not bad, not really,” Tristen started, looking down at her hands. “But… that doctor he’s been putting something in my drink and food as soon as I got there. He didn’t say what it was…”
Lily’s hands curled into fists and she closed her eyes, cursing the doctor once more. “What exactly are you feeling that’s not right? Maybe if you explain it to me, we can figure out what he did?”
“Well for one,” Tristen started and removed her cast and wiggled her fingers. “My wrist is completely healed. Also, I can see, hear, and smell better too.”
Lily didn’t dare move or even breath, fearing that if she did she’d explode in a furious rage. That bastard, she swore silently then moved on to more colorful insults.
“Am I… like you now?” Tristen asked.
A smile managed to break through Lily’s stony expression when Tristen sounded more curious than horrified. “Like me? No, but you may be a werewolf now.”
“I thought you had to be bitten to be a werewolf?”
“In the world before Xavier, you’re either bitter or born. Those were the only ways, but I became a werewolf when someone who was working with Thompson slipped something into my coffee. It was a serum that acted like a werewolf bite,” Lily explained.
“And that’s possibly what he gave to me?”
“It sounds like it, but we won’t know for sure until the full moon. Are you feeling shaky or feverish?” Lily asked, surprised that she was taking this all so well.