The first thing I feel is the pounding of my head. Then the soreness in my left side. Then the tightness in my throat. Even with my eyes closed, I can see the fluorescent lights through my eyelids and I immediately know where I am. The semi-rough bedsheets underneath me are the same as the ones in the pack house infirmary.

I find myself in this room more often than I should- once after the vampire attack, then when I woke up from the nightmare spell, and now I find myself here again.

The circumstances that brought me here are clear as day in my mind. I remember the blood,...