Chapter 5. Monsters

Two days later, Jake was told that Delilah could go home. Normally, he’d have sent his beta to get her, but after avoiding her for two whole days, he wanted to see her.

His steps echoed against the hospital floors as he walked to her room, and his heart felt like it was being caged by his chest. It was beating out of control, inhumanely… he could even hear it.

Plucking his hand from his pocket when he made it in front of her room door, he grabbed onto the knob, twisting it unlocked and pushing the mildly squeaky door open.

He peered inside, noticing that her bag was already packed, laying on the tiles next to her feet, which were covered in a simple pair of black slippers. She was sitting at the edge of the bed, fixing her hair that was caught in a fluffy bun atop of her head; overall messy and yet it still looked nice. Her pale skin was glittering in the sunlight, pearly and white, and he could testify that the texture was marvelously silky, soft, and creamy.