A WEREWOLF IN OCTOBER - CHAPTER 12 (Line Editing left)

Isha walked on shaking legs, Rahul's hidden hands on her shoulders. Rapid puffs of air stirred the hairs on the back of her neck in a panicked beat. Her breathing wasn't any steadier, even though he'd made the dash back and forth to the lab on his own before joining her. She only had nerves to blame.

She pricked her left thumb, her right already wrapped with a plaster. A pearl of blood formed on her skin. She drew it across her wrist, a thin trail of sticky discomfort. Giving her thumb a squeeze, she encouraged it to continue leaking, needing more to paint her throat with.

That should be enough. It supposedly wasn't the amount of blood that mattered when you dealt with vampires, just the scent of it in the right places.

Trial by fire for which of Woxell's teachings were lies and which weren't.

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(Chapter 11) - (Chapter 13)

A WEREWOLF IN OCTOBER - CHAPTER 13 (Line Editing left)

Thursday

To say Arturo ambushed her in the kitchen would be an exaggeration, but not by much. She'd been filling up a bowl with cereal all on her lonesome, only to turn around and find him standing by the table, a folder in hand and a grim look of determination fixated on her.

"Good morning?"

"Do you have a moment?"

A laugh escaped Jayla, nerves fighting with how overly dramatic this face-off had to look. "Sure. Is this the weirdly serious confession conversation that Vivian's been foreshadowing?"

Arturo hovered by the table until she took a seat. He gave off huge 'panicking during a job interview'-vibes which got Jayla's adrenaline pumping out of pure empathy. He opened the folder without preamble.

"You going to tell me what I'm looking at or am I supposed to guess?"

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(Chapter 12) - (Epilogue)

A WEREWOLF IN OCTOBER - EPILOGUE (DONE)

"You ready to do this?"

"I could make a comment about being born ready, but that'd be superfluous."

"I can't believe I'm this nervous."

"You'll do fine. Everyone must have a first time sometime."

"That was intentional innuendo, right?"

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