A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 4
?The light of a nearby star wakes me as I pass. It had been my intention to sleep through the entire trip. I sigh. Now that I am awake I might as well do some preliminary research. I peruse my database for...
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 5
I stared at the five playing cards in my hand, glancing at the panther and tabby cat across the table from me. My canine nose twitched as Airman Richards, the tabby, upped the anti with a handful of bills. My eyes dropped back to...
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 6
It was difficult to get my bearings while cut off from the commune's database. I knew the wolf who was leading me through the city I had crashed in might be trying to deceive me. That much I had remembered from studying the...
Prophet
I quickly slipped out of bed. The night was quiet, but I could hear breathing from the hallway. Through the darkness, I moved to the entrance of the room, gripping the knob. My hands trembled with excitement as I opened the door. Nashoba stood on the...
Consummation
In the month that followed, I practiced keeping my emotions in check. My eighteenth birthday came and went with little fanfare. Sam tried to bake me a cake and though it didn't go well, I still appreciated his effort. Many of our daily practice...
Berserker
Sam's warm, fuzzy lips pulled away from me abruptly. I opened my eyes to see him quickly stand up and wipe my kiss from his mouth with a large, furry arm. Jonas turned to face us from the fire and Sam looked away from me, toward his house. It was...
Wild Hunt
I felt my clothes shredding from my body as the monster emerged. Through the release of pent up emotions, I had no control. I was barely aware of my surroundings and what I was doing. I heard snarling; claws scrabbling against wood. I felt a heavy...
Loup Garou
Through the haze of fading sleep, I felt Sam's hairy chest pressed up against my back. That bastard. His arm was around me again and I opened my eyes and angrily shifted to try to throw it off of me. The arm I saw, however was covered in leathery,...
Troglodyte
"Jonas-" I started to say, but my words caught in my throat as I rolled over. A large, human-like chest covered in thick black fur filled my vision. I looked up to see the beast's broad lower jaw sitting perfectly still on the pillow. It was snoring....
Nemesis
We transferred to another train in Virginia and I spent the rest of the trip drifting in and out of sleep. Jonas's cold nose against my cheek woke me up after the train had stopped. Outside the car window, the sun was starting to set. I slung the...
Absolute Power
I looked up at the old building with distain. The seven story structure was tired, sagging as if the weight of the world had been laid upon it. It used to be an old apartment building, but now it lay condemned in the scum-ridden Waterman District. Rain...
A Measure of Love
The morning sun warmed Virgil's shoulder through his fur as the hare stirred on a soft bed cushion. The large, feline arm around him pulled Virgil tightly against a furry chest. Marcus breathed evenly next to the hare's ear. Virgil...