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happily ever after.
    I look again, this time even more carefully than before, making sure my hands are nowhere near his wound. Yuck. It’s not pretty. The flesh is torn, and the whole area is bloody. And there, I think I can see… Yup, that white part? It’s bone. I gulp, feeling sick to my stomach.
    “Jared,” I say, trying to fight the dizziness. “You need medical attention. It doesn’t look good. You need to stay here and stop moving. I’ve called for help, and they’re on the way. Can you— Can you shift back to human?”
    There’s no way anyone would approach Jared in his actual state right now, that much I know.
    I look at his clothes—all shredded, hanging on him. This is not good. How are we going to explain his nakedness if he shifts back?
    Jared growls again, discontent.
    “Okay, that whole growling thing? I gotta say: not practical.”
    Jared’s lupine ears move, detecting a sound I’m not capable of hearing. I look around us, worrying about another attack—with Jared defeated like this, and with nowhere we can go, this would be an easy win for the wolves if they doubled back.
    And then I hear it too—the siren of an approaching police vehicle. I jump to my feet, trying to think quickly as I run toward the sound. I need to find the right words that will make them take me seriously and force them to help Jared—mostly so that they don’t shoot him on sight. I stop dead in my tracks as the black police cruiser turns into the alley, its blue and red light bar sending flashes of shadow and light on the walls around me.
    “Help!” I call, waving my arms in the air to signal them I’m the one who called.
    Two police officers get out of the car, and I can hear them communicating with their radio. One of them takes me in, and his eyes double size when he realizes my hands are covered with blood.
    “What happened, Miss? Are you hurt?” he asks, walking straight to me. I stop, standing in front of him, and babble a yes .
    “I got attacked by two huge dogs,” I say, which technically is not a total lie. “Another one came to my rescue with its owner, but I think someone got hurt in the process. Not me,” I add, as they look again at my bloodied hands. “This isn’t my blood. I just checked the wound.”
    We jog toward where I left Jared, and I worry that my lie is not going to work. Wolf Jared does not look like a dog at all, and human Jared is going to be naked… not good. The police officers are going to be suspicious.
    But as we arrive to where Jared was, there is only a pool of blood on the pavement, and he is gone.
    “Is that where you left the injured person?” asks the police officer.
    “Yes,” I nod, anxiety taking over.
    You’re gonna have to be very careful about your explanation now, Blondie.
    I shiver at Cupid’s warning.

Chapter Six
    Right there, apartment one-twenty-two.
    The door of apartment one-twenty-two is slightly open. I push it open and step inside, closing the door after me with a quiet click. Jared is right there, looking at me, hands full of the clothes he was about to throw inside an open suitcase. His face is incredulous as he realizes it’s me who’s standing in front of him.
    “How— How did you know where I live?” he asks, dumbfounded.
    “Cupsy.”
    “Of course,” he says, anger tainting his usual caring voice.
    I walk into the room, eyeing him. He’s half naked, his ripped body encrusted with a bit of blood but no wound in sight.
    See? Told you.
    “H— How?” That’s all I can articulate as I go to him, curious, and trail with my finger across the scar that has replaced his gaping wound within perhaps an hour’s time. It’s a bit whiter than the rest of his skin, but really, you’d have to know where to look to notice it now.
    I look up at him, it’s like he’s just realizing how close his body is to mine. His eyes are intense, boring holes into my soul.
    “Why are you here, Paige?” he asks, a frown on his face.
    “What do you mean,