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concentrating on
what it was I needed to do. It took longer than expected and I
could hear her sigh impatiently from the bed as I focused
everything I had on the task at hand.
     
    My body began to burn and I could feel the
change taking over as the same searing pain ripped through me,
dropping me to my knees. I closed my eyes tight and let it take
over, trying the best I could not to scream as my bones began to
shift and change under my skin. I could hear Cordillia stifle her
own cries from somewhere far away as I opened my eyes and watched
as thick patches of gray fur began to sprout over my mangled and
misshapen arm.
     
    There are no words for the feeling that washed
over me as writhed and growled on the carpet, no real way for me to
describe the amount of pain that ripped through me as my body
changed in ways it was never meant to. It wasn’t long after that I
felt a sweet wave of relief wash over me and I was able to breathe,
able to steady myself. I looked up and it took a moment before my
eyes could really adjust but as I did, I saw Cordillia’s scared
figure as she pressed herself tight against the wall behind the bed
as far away from me as she could get. I stood my ground, my eyes
lowered as I waited and hoped for any sign that she was
okay.
     
    “ What the....” she mouthed as she
stared at me in disbelief, her breath labored and I could hear her
heart racing in her chest from where I sat. “You, you weren’t
lying.” She began looking around the room frantically. “I thought
you were bullshitting me but you weren’t you were telling the
truth...” I closed my eyes and allowed myself to phase back, hoping
that it would make it easier for her if she didn’t have to look at
me that way. “What the hell are you?” she snapped. I popped my neck
loudly and sat down on the floor at the foot of the bed.
     
    “ I told you, if I had a good
answer I would give it to you.”
     
    “ Think of one, give me something,
Ethan.”
     
    “ I can’t!” I groaned. “I wish I
could, Cordillia. Do you see why I wanted to leave?” She nodded
slightly as she brought her knees to her chest and stared out at me
curiously.
     
    “ This is messed up.” She sighed as
she dropped her forehead onto her knees and took a deep
breath.
     
    “ You’re telling me.” I
smirked.
     
    “ I know,” She smiled slightly.
“I’m sorry. I can’t imagine what it was like to figure this out on
your own.”
     
    “ I still haven’t figured it out.”
I yawned.
     
    “ Are you still planning on
leaving?”
     
    “ Yeah.” I nodded, looking up at
her as she relaxed and stretched herself across the bed.
     
    “ Then I’m coming too.”
     
    “ No.” I barked, eying her sternly.
“It’s not safe for you.”
     
    “ Ethan,” she groaned. “Don’t give
me that I’m doing what’s best for you routine.”
     
    “ It’s true,” I argued.
     
    “ No, if you’re so intent on
leaving then I’m coming with you.”
     
    “ Were your eyes closed a minute
ago?” I barked as I jumped to my feet. “Did you not see what just
happened?”
     
    “ Yes I did and that’s why I’m
coming.” She crossed her arms at her chest and looked up at me with
a scowl.
     
    “ It’s not safe!”
     
    “ Like you’re in a better
position!” she screamed as she jumped up off the bed and moved
toward me. “I want to help.”
     
    “ And how do you think you’re gonna
manage that if you’re dead?” Her eyes turned to the ground and she
chewed at her lip as the gears began turning in her
head.
     
    “ What makes you think I’m gonna
die? You didn’t attack me.”
     
    “ I’m your brother.” I
smirked.
     
    “ So you were logical and had the
ability to reason?” I’d never really thought about it but she was
right. I nodded. “Who’s to say that others like you aren’t the
same?” I sighed heavily and ran my hands over my face as she waited
for me to give in. I really didn’t want to agree but I knew if I
sent her