Page 51 of The Turning of the Tables

No.

Ongoing case.

That has to do with arcana?

I can’t talk about it.

You live with your brother, right?

Yeah. Why?

So there’s someone there to watch you.

Take you in if you do get sick.

Because transformations run in families.

So I become a wolf if I get sick?

You might take after the other parent.

But the odds are higher you’ll become a shifter if there’s another shifter in the family.

Than if there isn’t, anyway.

Okay.

Text me when you know, okay?

Okay.

I was textingElliot while I waitedfor my test results, trying to slow my pounding heart. A nurse came in, looked up over the top of her clipboard. “Mays,” she called out. “Clear.”

Relief flooded me, but I was still too worried and freaked out to be happy about it.

My hands were still shaking when I sat down in my Cruiser.

I’m negative.

But my friend has it.

I’m glad you’re not sick.

I’m sorry about your friend.

What do I do for her?

Let her know you’re thinking of her. A card. A stuffed animal.

Even if she does rip it apart by accident.

Did you murder a stuffed animal?

I might have. :)

Thanks for talking me through it.

I mean it.