The Werewolf's Redemption

wn her face. "You don't have to say the words

I didn't accept the invitations to every event you had to a

back, her back wet from the pouring rain t

stions every single time someone comes over or we leave this house. And I see the look on

f my brother. Well, you know what they say-" she laughed bitterly. "It's never too late for a werew

d on us but it doesn't mean we wa

mother-the woman who once told her that unfor

fter her fifteenth birthday passed and she didn't wolf out. He never

e hated her

ew, the place she had called home for the last two decades

time she would ever se

ess. Even though I know I might never

ling with a vengeance that seemed to denou

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aving. The light in his room came on the nex

have I told you that I

but you had a b

time you hear me breathing like a stuck pig. I'm sure I

aged man with a

hat would be

use? You are my bu

I should be by your side, when you

s a small smile on his face. "Also, she has been haunting m

uted. "I will make you some tea. As yo

e. He could play off the nightmares as much as he wanted

settings were always different but one thing remained constant. His witch of

go to sleep for fear that she would kill him in his dream, until his fathe

mself to go back to sleep each night, and on the nigh

house, straight into the arms of another woman who already had a daughter.

o do sometimes, since werewolves had a wicked sense of humor. For a juicy article,

his activities to work and staying at home. So Fabian wa

ody wanted to be friends with a werewolf who couldn't control ho

bly out of spite- because his whole life consisted of one misfortune aft

a black jug on a silver tray. He

should dr

o keep nagging until I do,

good fo

tea prepared by Fabian was the only thing

he never drank alcohol and couldn't know if that was the secret

contents in one go before realizing

tched his tongue, "are yo

"As much as I like silence, I don't think I can bear spendin

e a cook and a cleaner

of your employees spe

personal affairs either. He compensated them generously for the wor

lt very rude to ask them questions when they did

one coming here for the first time would

a finally cooling. "It seems we have switched roles, Fabi

more than to have an erratic werewolf, who might tu

at the drawn curtains and through the windows to see the m

t the side of his bed, and a pair of ch

he didn't do anything with them. I

round the house and leave clothes at certain places, so you can f

apped his

now. Heaven knows what I'm go

abian said, already

he bed and walked to

the unbridled chance to be their true selves, to hunt without

p, and the very few times Adrian had been in a gatheri

madness. Maybe because the ones that did

Each time he changed, it was torture. From having all furs to losing

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nely, deserted road. Her legs were bruised from tho

as possible, and staying in a motel wouldn't cut it when she

ndoning their packs. They were immediately labeled outcasts and ro

es they set on her hind. Escaping them had taken a lot of hiding an

longer. Finding some place that didn't have the scent of werewolves was imperative and very urg

nce. It looked like a house, but a haunted one. A structure from book

were ghosts, they wouldn't be able to touch her body.

ging her legs to keep on moving. Relief wasn't far anymore,

Then tomorrow, she would see about changing her name and her appearance. A wi

burned into herto memory. Something she used to impress her friends before the

cks-since werewolves thought of themselves too highly to frequent

ppen. Maybe she'd wolf out and

king that could only happen if

ut she didn't take too much notice of it. Eva caught a f

er d

eature whose eyes shone with madness as it stared

kind she spent ho

come