In the backyard of the Martin house, Sam sat on the ground, consumed with fear. Madison's body was still racked with seizures. No matter how tight Sam held her he could not stop the seizing. A myriad of questions ran through his mind. Was this supposed to happen? Would Madison be okay, would she survive? That thought scared the hell out of Sam and he was tempted to tell Lindsay to stop everything, to stop reading the incantation. This was his wife's only chance for a cure, but he didn't want her to die. However another part of him knew that she was having the werewolf exorcised from her. Having both witnessed and participated in several exorcisms himself, Sam knew it was not a painless process. However that did not make it watching his wife go through one any easier.

Lindsay could see what was happening to Madison out of the corner of her eye and that spurred her on. She was almost finished. Taking a deep breath she pressed on. Thanks to her tireless preparation, she did not stumble over any of the Romanian words. Finally, ten minutes after the first word left her mouth; Lindsay was finished reading the incantation.

Sam was beginning to wonder how much more Madison's body could take when she suddenly stopped shaking. Now she was still, too still for his liking. He pressed two fingers to her throat, relief flooding through him when he felt her strong pulse.

"Maddy, baby, open your eyes. Please just let me see your beautiful eyes," pleaded Sam gently.

Exhaustion had consumed Madison's body and she had passed out at the end of the ceremony. Despite Sam's gentle prodding she did not wake up. After Sid suggested that Sam bring her inside, he gently carried his wife inside and sat down on the sofa in the living room with her still in his arms.

oooooOOOOooooo

Realizing there was nothing he could do for his brother and Madison, Dean helped Lindsay into the kitchen. Her throat was sore from all the reading she had to do, so Sid fixed her a cup of tea with honey.

"Lindsay are you okay?" asked a concerned Dean. He knew the ceremony had taken a lot out of her.

"I'm fine," replied Lindsay. " A little wiped out, but fine."

"Lindsay, how will we know it worked?" asked Sid as he handed his daughter the cup of tea.

"Well the journal didn't say much. I'm guessing we'll know when next full moon arrives," answered Lindsay.

"We have to wait till the full moon. I was hoping we'd know now," said Dean.

"I know, but Jacques didn't write much in the journal after his son was cured, other than it worked," said Lindsay.

"What about the seizures? Is Madison okay?" Dean asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Well, she did have a werewolf pulled from her body so to speak, but I think that she will be fine. She just needs to rest," said Lindsay.

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Sitting on the brown suede sofa, Sam held Madison in his arms. He was gently rubbing his hand up and down her right arm, needing the physical contact with her. Her skin felt smooth beneath his fingers. He had checked her pulse several times again. The steady beat felt reassuring to him. Realizing she would wake up when her body was ready, Sam just held his wife and whispered words of love in her ear.

"Maddy, I love you so much," whispered Sam as he continued to rub her arm. He couldn't help, but notice the skin on it felt smoother than usual. He glanced down at her arm. There was something different about it, but before he could figure out what was different, Madison started stirring in his arms.

"Hey baby," said Sam softly.

"Sam." Madison started to sit up, but felt the room spin and stopped.

"Take it easy sweetie," said Sam as he helped his wife sit up. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I got run over by a steamroller," replied Madison.

"You'll feel better after you get some rest," said Sam as his hand returned to rubbing her arm again. This time as a gesture of comfort.

"Did it work?" said Madison asking the one question she desperately needed answered.

Sam didn't know what to say and was about to go get Lindsay when it hit him what was different about Madison's arm.

"Maddy, it was your right arm that had a scar on it from when it was nicked with a silver blade?" asked Sam.

Madison nodded, not quite sure where her husband was going with his question. Sam lifted her right arm up.

"Look the scar's gone," said Sam.

"Oh my God, it is gone," said Madison as she looked down at her arm. The scar had been there that morning and now it was gone. She glanced down and pulled at her turtleneck checking for the scar on her chest. It was gone as was the scar from when she was shot by Chamberlain.

"Sam, please check my neck," said Madison. "Check for the bite mark."

With one hand Sam pulled up Madison's hair and with the other he pulled back her black turtleneck. The bite mark made on her neck by her old neighbor Glen, the one that signified she was a werewolf was gone.

"It's gone," said Sam, his voiced filled with amazement.

"It's gone?" Madison's voice wavered slightly as she spoke.

"It gone Maddy. It's totally gone." Sam couldn't keep the excitement out of his voice.

"Does this mean that I'm cured?" asked Madison.

Once upon a time Sam had thought Madison was cured when Dean killed her sire, but that turned out not to be true. Now here they were standing on that precipice again, but this time they had the evidence of the vanished scars. He needed to ask Lindsay about that.

"Madison, I'm going to go get Lindsay," said Sam as he gently eased his wife off his lap and onto the sofa.

Sam returned a minute later with Lindsay, Dean and Sid in tow. Sitting down next to Madison on the sofa he lifted her arm to show everyone the scar was gone.

"See it's gone, plus the others are gone too including the bite mark," said Sam.

Lindsay started leafing through the journal looking for a specific entry. After a few seconds of reading a huge smile broke out across her face.

"Lindsay, what is it?" asked Madison.

"La marque de morceau est partie," Lindsay read aloud. Seeing the look of confusion on everyone's face, she realized she spoke in French. "That translates to the bite mark is gone. This entry was made after the first full moon after Jacques performed the ceremony, so I didn't connect it to ceremony."

"Lindsay are you saying what I think you're saying?" asked Sam.

"Yes Sam. Madison's scars disappearing means she's cured," said Lindsay.

Ignoring how her body felt, Madison jumped up off the sofa and through her arms around Lindsay.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," cried Madison as she hugged Lindsay.

"I'm so happy I could help you," replied Lindsay.

Dean moved over to Sam and clapped him on the back.

"Congratulations Sammy," said Dean and he pulled his brother into a hug. Finally it looked like good times were in store for the Winchester family.

"Thank you Dean. Thank you for everything you have done for Madison and me. Thank you for agreeing with me when I decided to stay with Madison," said Sam.

"Sam, you were right back then when you said it would work. It has worked out better than I ever could have imagined." Dean glanced over at Lindsay as he spoke.

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Sam and Madison were sitting up in bed together. It was earlier than they normally went to bed, but it had been a long day for them and Madison felt extremely worn out. She was still amazed that the cure worked and now her nightmare was over. Throughout it all Sam had stuck by her and she knew she would never had made it this far if she didn't have him in her life.

"Sam, thank you for staying with me. Thank you for showing that love is not painful, it is beautiful. Thank you for loving me," said Madison.

"Madison, I should be thanking you. There was a time in my life when I thought I would never find love again, then I met you. Granted we didn't meet under the best of circumstances, but you have showed me all of the wonderful possibilities life has to offer. I love you Madison," said Sam.

"I love you Sam." Madison snuggled in closer to her husband and drifted off to sleep, her heart beating in rhythm with his.

"Thank you God for answering our prayers," whispered Sam as he looked down at his sleeping wife.

Eventually sleep called to Sam and he drifted off, his arms still wrapped around Madison.

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