I hid under the bed in Daniel's bedroom for hours in a sickening silence.
I didn't even know whether he was dead or alive; the sounds of two wolves snarling and growling had been chilling, but they had only lasted for a few minutes before the silence and that... that was somehow worse.
I clamped one of my hands over my mouth when I heard somebody coming up the stairs, and my heart was thundering as the door to the bedroom opened.
Even when I saw Daniel's feet in the doorway I didn't relax, and as he walked slowly over to the bed and crouched down to look at me, I bit my cheek and fought desperately not to make a sound.
"Marlene..."
His voice was raspy and he held his hand out to me, but I couldn't bring myself to take his hand when I didn't know what the hell he had done while I was
