High Fever

I beg you. I hope he's okay.

The sound of the door slamming was deafening. My two hands that had been lingering on the door retracted and came to rest beside my body. With a face filled with worry and teary eyes, my feet carried me to a bed. There, someone I loved dearly was lying unconscious.

I roughly pulled a servant and jerked her away. I took a place right next to Zephyr. My hand reached out to grasp his big hand which felt very hot.

"What happened to you? Why is your body so hot?" I touched the back of Zephyr's hand to my forehead. The tightness pushed my tears to fall.

"Ruby, calm down. The doctor will be here soon." Zacharias' voice drifted past my ears. His heavy voice, which used to calm me down, now felt like a gust of wind.

I looked up, staring at Zacharias who also looked very worried. "How can I calm down? Zeph, you know yourself that a fever is unnatural for a werewolf, right?!"

Zacharias turned his head, gave the hand gesture code for the servants to come out, and glar