23

SHADOW

“Can mercury, like STD, be passed on to someone?”

“That’s a stupid question. It can’t,” my mate answered.

“Your emotions are just more human than Lycan. And maybe you should finish whatever you have unfinished dirty business with your mate. It helps a lot more than you know.”

That last part made my cheeks flush. “You’re not listening, Zarah. I watched the man walk toward us, and he would shoot me. He was already pulling the gun from his back, and I just stared like a scared deer caught in headlights. If it wasn’t for Califf, I could be dead now.”

“You froze, Shadow. It’s normal. It happens to everyone in that situation when it brings back bad memories. There’s nothing wrong with you.” Zarah was hiding what she saw in my head and wasn’t planning on telling me.

“I didn’t have a flashback. And you said it yourself that something is blocking you. And I supposed to sense dangers and hear it a mile away,” I explained, needing more of her support than telling me there was nothin