Shiver

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussions of violence, trauma, and depictions of parental neglect and abuse.

Grace makes a bed on the floor of her room for Sam. As they settle in, they can hear the wolf pack plaintively howl in the woods, missing Sam. Grace asks Sam if he too misses his pack. Sam says he is not sure, but he feels like he does not fully belong in the human world. Grace can relate—she often feels the same way. As they both reminisce about the day the wolves attacked Grace, Sam wonders why she did not turn into a werewolf when she was bitten by the wolves. Grace has no idea. She asks Sam to sleep in her bed as the floor is too cold. Sam gets in, careful to give Grace her space. Grace tells Sam she wishes she had changed, and he replies he too has wished for the same.

The next morning, Sam’s super-sharp hearing and sense of smell alerts him that Grace’s father is getting ready to go to work. Expecting her father to check in on Grace before he leaves, Sam gets ready to hide. However, Grace’s father doesn’t check in on her, and neither does her mother, leaving Sam concerned about their indifference toward Grace.