Chapter 254

Don’t talk superficial nonsense now. Our Phoebe’s a regular girl. That circus animal rampage was because some cruel trainer was mistreating them. What’s that got to do with our Phoebe?”

“What scares me is that Phoebe was talking to that black bear!”

In my memory, Dad seemed to be in so much pain and fear. As if I were some sort of

monster.

I’d completely forgotten these memories, but only the good ones remained.

“Edward… do we really need to send our daughter to a mental institution?”

“If we don’t do it now, later on… it might lead to something much worse, What if she ends up killing someone…”

“Stop it, just stop!”

“And last month, when your bestie brought Dexter over, just because we complimented Dexter a bit and mentioned the childhood betrothal, she let Howler scare the daylights out of him. Dexter is just an eight–year–old kid, for heaven’s sake. He was so scared he ran a high fever for days, and now he’s developed a phobia of dogs!”

In that dimly lit room, the sound of my parents‘ quarreling voices grew clearer in my memory as I stood outside the door, watching their silhouettes.

Indeed, I was sent to a mental institution.

must have been only

then, I hadn’t

set Howler on Dexter out of jealousy over this betrothal thing. Was

“Foebe!”

you okay?”

of sirens,

“Phoebe!” Stella’s crying.

as my consciousness returned, my white dress was covered in blood.

large, yellow–brown wolfhound, so much like the Howler in

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was a handsome, black brown

I ran over, crying, to embrace the big

wolfhound

me, fearing I’d been stabbed.

“She’s not injured.”

looking at the dying assailant on

was shaking all over, looking at

after your life,”

I had no recollection of how I

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