Sue could hear Rick’s desperate pleas. “Please, Sue… you have to shift.” The words penetrated her foggy mind, but she could not move to do as he asked. Soon she drifted back into the dark silence.
Rick could tell he was losing her, and losing her fast for that matter. Think man, think. He scanned his memory for anything he knew that could help. He couldn’t force her to change form, and only by changing form would her wounds close and start healing.
Wounds close! Suddenly it occurred to him, he could help close her wounds. He quickly got to his knees, placing her wolf’s head back on the ground as delicately as possible.
Now kneeling, he used his hands to look for the gunshot wounds. He distantly marveled at how soft and thick her fur was but focused on the task at hand.
Finally locatin
