Dark Side of the Moon by KN Faulk

I’ve never been able to do this before.”
    “Are you sure it’s not because of your surgery, Selina?  I hear they can change people.”
    I shook my head.  “That’s brain surgery or organ transplants.  I didn’t have either of those, London.”
    “What about the medicine you took?  It could be a side effect.”
    Again, I shook my head.  “I was only on morphine for a couple hours.  It has to be something else, but I have no idea what I could be.”
    London was quiet.  I had no idea what was going through his mind.  Hopefully we could go back to ignoring each other and he keeps his word about not telling anyone.
    But I needed to know who his friend was talking about.
    “And, I’ve been able to…hear things.”
    Concern was on his face now.  “What kind of things?”
    “My brother was whispering to someone, and I heard every word as if I were next to him; I was at the back of the shop.  And I heard one of your friends say something to you after class today that made me curious.  Who needs to know what?” I asked.
    He was quiet again.  Then he said, “Where is it?” completely disregarding my question.
    “Where’s what?”
    “You know what I’m talking about, Selina.”
    How did he know?  Not knowing what else to do, I removed the sleeve of my coat, and pushed up the sleeve of my shirt.
    London’s eyes shifted to my arm.  He took a couple steps toward me, and touched my arm.  He turned it a little to observe the one wound that never really healed.  “It’s not in a too bothersome of an area.  It’s a great conversation starter.  But it’s normal,” he said, releasing my arm.
    “How?  How is it normal for all of my wounds to heal in a day except for this one?” I asked as I put my coat back in place.
    “It just is.  Trust me.”
    “And why should I trust you, London?  I never should have said anything because how am I supposed to know that as soon as I leave here, you won’t tell your friends about what I said and how I should belong in the loony bin?”
    “Do you think you belong in the looney bin, Selina?”
    “No.  I don’t know.  Something is going on, and it’s confusing the hell out of me.”
    “I can tell you exactly what’s going on, Selina.  You may not believe me, but keep in mind that I patiently listened to you and didn’t judge.”
    Finally!  We were getting somewhere.  “Okay.  What is it?”
    His eyes were intense on me as he removed his coat and shirt, showing me his almost perfectly toned chest.  Was he bat shit crazy?  It’s freezing out here.  Then, after he tossed his shirt on the ground, London undid the button of his pants and pulled down the fly.
    “What the fuck are you doing?” I asked, taking a step back.
    London gave me a smirk as he kicked off his shoes.  What was with him?  Why did I even come talk to him?
    Then, when he was only in his unbuttoned jeans, London startled me by shaking.  I cringed when I heard a snapping sound and when London fell to his hands and knees.  Was he okay?
    I had to take another step back when dark hairs sprouted on his back.  What the fuck was going on?  Why was his body shifting, becoming bigger?
    My heart pounded in fear.  As I stepped back, I lost my balance on an exposed tree root, and fell on my ass.  But I didn’t feel the pain because I was shocked at what stood in front of me.
    A big black wolf.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 10
     
     
    London was the wolf that had attacked me?  Why?  Why would he do something like this?  I did absolutely nothing to him, and he treated me that way…. And was he going to attack me again?  Was that why he brought me out here by myself?  To finish me off?
    I tried to scramble away from him, but I kept getting caught on exposed tree roots, causing me to fall on my ass.  My heart pounded so hard, I don’t know how it didn’t leap out of my chest.  What was going to happen to me?
    I was about to scream to see if someone nearby could hear