d, suddenly and heavily, her sleep only separated

st times she drifted off only to jerk awake from a

of wolves chasing her or a python yawning its toothless jaw open at her

as no d

r ribcage. She was lying on her side and, as her vision cleared, she noticed a rag had been pl

ched it then slowly pulled away and reached

ard the door open

s h

yet the wariness crept in and had taken up residence

as

the stairs. Rearranging herself on the bed, Mykah shut her eyes an

delusional, hoped h

nob began

hovering there just watching her. She fought the urge to swallow the thickening saliva, tried not to make an

wore today was brown and woven through a simple pair of jea

e stepped into the room with casual ease and

did

side and she tried not to flinch. She hoped

scent of him was redolent of the woods he must have been walking through the whole day, and underneath

o you

nch away. And to mask the reaction, Mykah feigned a sleepy blinking ex

kwardly, "... you sc

d he tilted his head in dry amu

their women would sometimes tower above the men. They were colossal beings. She could see it now with him so clos

ook his time looking at her, really looking and she realized that the sweat on he

l thumping of pain that conti

al calm. Something almost pitiful, or a mim

h

t twitched and she looked at the blanket while pulling at one of the loose threads suddenly sullen. "Couldn

o hard to me

ike he's a

goddamn l

hat he eats

en, po

u like so

d him with a single hesitant glance then looked at the glass

ort lived. "I wou

bend over her and with one smooth motion slipped an open cool palm behind her shoulder, rais

y and she swayed slightly in his grip befor

as he scooted her bac

a simple nod while fixing her gaze

ed her mouth. But then the thirst broke through and she began to drink at it gluttonously, focusing on the water in hand and not

o stumble across an oasis in the desert, she drank

flicted, her mouth now wet and glistening, befo

ngers brushing over hers with casual intent, she felt the roughness of his touch

t stain at the centre. Her face turned towards the window which h

m I from

dn't seen that town on the map while studying it, which

shivered for no particular reason. It'

town to pick up her car and head back on the road for humanity. Out

e sight of it awakened a hunger in her that had quietened from the sic

ted halfway from the glass he was holding out to her. She met his eyes t

bite size circles and

was mollified, then began to eat the banana, chewing it slowly while aware of

e

wat

er pinched from the dryness. "Did you find my phone?" She blurted out, and

I would assume it's among you

er mouth to prevent asking anything that mig

s she

g as if it wasn't

here predators stalked everywhere, it was only natural to want som

his chin on the heel of his palm. The way he watched her seemed so... curious... yet had a decadent fe

u end up in

g stopped if only for a heartbeat before she took anot

scratched her scalp then added, "It had been a long night. I went out for dinner with a

o f

wall, her own heartbeat and the cadence of her breathin

a knack for carefully schooling his emotions and concealing them, o

The flash of canine winking at her. Her gaze dropped to th

another lycanthrope might have found her and had other plans. Yet he didn't, so

hat acknowledged itself every now and then. But

to rise. A sort of urgency rushed up her t

is t

er, a disquieting feeling nagge

r team of researchers, or her family... whichever is noticed first. She was scar

. She slumped slightly against the headboard forgetting

her broken arm did not matter in the grand scheme

xious features, smoothing the lines out and for a brief moment

young, innocent curve

l replayed her words in his head, turned them over as he feet guided him with ease throu

ching out one last time like a cat ready to nap. It was cool now, the air a gentle p

king the box under his arm,

d her form and a part of him desired to cut that thread and watch her slacken,

as all she n

d and he found himself staring at the ground pa

e dumped her item

bag, her wallet and

ph

rom his back pocket, striking it. The flame hissed as it

it fall ont