Chapter 23 ☾ Fragile state

Opal POV I pace, because thats all I seem to know how to do now. I'm restless. My paws ache, my body thin and yet heavier than ever before. I am supposed to be dead, and yet blood flows through my veins and breath remains in my lungs. Shrieks of laughter and human words jumble around my head like gnats. My ears flick in annoyance, and I paw the dirt with my front paw. All around me is fencing made of metal wire and rungs. I huff, licking a snowflake off of my nose and looking up at the gray clouds hanging above me. Something about the picture is familiar... I recall sliding down a hill, the hands on my arms warm and sending sparks across my skin. The memorie does something odd. My stomach flip flops. A name eludes me, but I can't find it with the confusing whirling storm that wages inside my skull. The harder I try to remember, the more pain sprouts in my head. I wince, turning away from the snow clouds and to a wolf near