SERENITY KELLER
Monster.
He called me a monster.
I stared blankly at Frank. The man who had proposed to me just minutes ago now wore nothing but fear and disgust on his face. That look cut deep into my heart. I wanted to say something, to deny it, to explain… But in the end, all the words got stuck in my throat. Not a single one came out.
What was there to explain anyway?
I thought to myself. He wasn't wrong. In humans' eyes, werewolves like me were monsters.
While I stood there in a daze, Frank scrambled to his feet and ran toward the café door without looking back. In his panic, he knocked over several chairs. I noticed his movement but felt too drained to stop him.
Not that he got far. The two wolf warriors Elias had left to protect me blocked the doorway and cut off his escape.
As they closed in on Frank, he let out a piercing scream.
"Stop!" I called out to halt them. "Don't hurt him. Let him go!"
