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another night or two…and they will not help me. And now Harry Chairman must send someone from across the world to save me before the curse kills me, because my beloved people turn their back when it is my turn .”
     
    “That’s quite a tale,” I told him. “This is interesting. Last night, you could barely move, and today you’re fine but obviously passionate about these delusions…strange that the affliction goes from body to mind…”
     
    “Delusions?” Dane turned on me, his face glowering. “You think I am making things up…well, such is the outer world, I suppose. You have forgotten, you and your people. All you care about is your gadgets and your toys.” He was jabbing his finger into his palm, as if typing on a smartphone. “The magic is gone from your lives…such a shame. But Harry Chairman sends you , and I wonder why…surely there were others. You are so young. Perhaps he thinks you can learn.”
     
    “And what is it that the Chairman would have me learn?” I asked, feeling the urge to antagonize him. How DARE he make such sweeping observations of me, especially after terrifying me in the middle of the night?!
     
    “Who knows what the man thinks? All his life I have known him, and he is a mystery even to me.”
     
    “You mean, all your life,” I corrected. “The Chairman is an old man.”
     
    “Is he now? How time flies,” Dane remarked. “I remember him when he was so young. Such an interesting boy, Harry Chairman. But there was such goodness in his heart. He got this from his father.”
     
    “Dane, you’re only a few years older than I am,” I told him in an exasperated voice. “This health thing has seriously rattled your head. We need to get you checked out fast.”
     
    “You patronize me,” he glared. “You know that shifters do not bend to the rules that you humans do. I was learning to protect this countryside when your mother was still laden with child.”
     
    “ Shifters ?” I asked, my eyebrow rising ever higher.
     
    “Yes, shift–” he started angrily, before cooling considerably. “I…I see. Harry Chairman, he did not tell you of these things. That would explain much.”
     
    “What things?”
     
    “I will show you, and perhaps you will then understand.”
     
    Dane pushed open the backdoor, and I hesitantly followed him out into the concealed plot of land behind the hut. Standing next to the well, he flashed me a small smile.
     
    “What you are about to see, do not be afraid. But in my condition – it will hurt me. Be prepared to help me, please. And now…let me take your small world and change it forever.”
     
    As he leapt forward, I felt everything I knew – every foundation in my structured, stable worldview – come crashing down around me.
     
    ~
     
    Leaning against the doorway, I watched him with aroused curiosity. Within the instant, his forward leap started as a man but ended as a massive wolf, landing powerfully on all fours in front of me.
     
    “ Jesus Christ! ” I gasped in panic, clutching the doorframe. “What the hell are you ?”
     
    The wolf stared me down before stumbling in place, trying to steady itself. It spun around hazily as it changed back to Dane in a troubled blur. Clutching his sides, he dropped to his knees in the dirt, and I rushed to steady him.
     
    “What…I don’t understand…”
     
    “Water,” he pleaded.
     
    Bolting inside, I scooped another bowl of water and returned to his side. Placing the lip at his mouth and lifting it up, he thirstily drank the cool liquid before sputtering and dropping to his palms in the earth.
     
    “What’s going on? The curse you mentioned?”
     
    “Yes,” Dane spoke, his body trembling. “The damned witch…it hurts the wolf part of me. When I change…it bites into my soul. When night comes…it cripples me.”
     
    “We’ve got to get you inside,” I told him, trying to pull him up from his hands and knees. It was only a matter of time before his strength