Chapter 21

RAE

I hadn’t been able to concentrate on my papers. All I could see was the blood on me, Rhys looking at Vickie and that wolf in the park. It all went round and round in my head.

Had that blood come from the wolf’s meal? Or had I done something unimaginable?

During my breaks and the lunch period, I’d kept searching online for any gruesome discoveries. The wolf sighting was the talk of all the local online news sites, and the whispers about it had been constant throughout the day. I felt like death was hanging over me like a dark cloud all day. It was coming for me.

Vickie had offered to drive me home, but I couldn’t hang around until she finished her classes. I caught the bus and messaged her that I would call later.

If I was still alive or not behind bars. The past two days had been torture, just waiting for the hammer to fall.

The elevator moved too slowly, but every second increased the dread I felt in my stomach. If Rhys hadn’t ignored me that morning, perhaps my head woul