parties especially not ones out in the wo

apartment had felt too loud. His thoughts wouldn'

s station mentioned a party and to

y

lready felt like it was spiralin

ed the music and laughter through a winding

ople who didn't look twice at him. He grabbed a d

ng felt

lls too strong. The full mo

thing was crawlin

sn't n

dn't scratch. A restlessness that made his blo

climbed up to sit on the hood of hi

ame th

do. Who in

y, probably drunk, walking up with

I met earlier. I just nee

uy sn

ght crashing our pa

ser and shoved

uttered. "I'm not

e. You look like a damn creep

ot to let the irritation claw its way u

guy wasn

growled, then suddenly thr

rcel's jaw, snapping

napped insi

. His breath caug

with you?!" Marcel shout

ed. "Oh, the

hear the res

but Marcel moved quicker faster than he thought he could. He tac

k. He punched Marcel in the ribs, claw

couldn'

again, breathing hard, heart poun

l sho

stoppe

till. E

e

ck, hands shaking,

spered, backing away. "I d

om the woods. Rustli

nough for Marcel to catch a glimpse of a dar

hell is

he party but into the forest. Away f

d. The moon above seemed to grow hotter, bright

n p

w, screa

g inside him twisted. Bones cracked. Mu

happenin

stretched

eth el

s turned i

ried, voice warping

ted, pushing out against his skin

r burst from his skin and hi

en it

ain,but t

e black wolf now stood,panting,

wolf... Marcel

t a

did

It only felt the breeze. The scent

old Marcel was trapped in

choed in his mind. "I didn't ev

n't know w

of the beast. He wasn't in control anymore

oo

e smel

hu

itching as he turned toward the scent. H

a shadow, low and fast, catchi

t even have t

l's mouth, and the taste sent him into a frenz

man

n anoth

r hear

e found rabbits, birds, a lone fox,he slaught

o longer

s a m

#

slowly, like

gentle and golden, in contrast to th

up with a jo

ealized he was naked, covered in dried blood and dirt.

I do?" he whispere

heard fo

nicked but instead of

arp eyes, and a calmness that felt unnatural for someo

t a bundle

if this was nothin

sed, speechless. He t

r back to give him privacy. "Then fo

l trembling, still trying to m

follow

or a few minu

reached a

e saw

di

oken. Sc

el f

caught in

ck. "No... no

" she asked, voice calm

he had slapped him. "No

an eyebro

lainly, "Ne

stared at

king about?" he asked, hi

odies without even flinching. "Full moon. First shif

someone last night. Before I even turned.what I'

. "Then you've already started

k for this,"

now. And if you want to survive the next full moon or the ones

and began w

efore someone else

"How do you

ulder. "Like I said... y

ooked up a

feel like

like d