She thought it would die for certain.Keeping her attention half on the wolf, she followed Damien to the edge of the water and watched as he washed himself clean. The water around him turned pink with blood but that soon disappeared. Still he washed, splashing his hair with water, until there was no trace left. Questions thrashed through Julia's mind and she could not help but blurt out the first thing that came into her head when Damien turned to her, still naked.""What the hell was that?""The fight?" Damien asked. She noticed now that his leg was bleeding, but he did not seem to care."Did I—was that real? Did I hallucinate that?" She half-hoped that she was crazy instead of...whatever that was."It was real," Damien said. "Can I have my swimsuit?"Julia breathed steadily, walking back to where the suit had dropped from his body. She made sure to circle widely around the injured wolf, just in case. Damien waited patiently and held his hand out to take the swimsuit from her. She dropped it into his hand without letting their fingers touch.
