In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 3
### **Chapter 3** Trees whipped by as Sophia ran through the forest. She bounded over a tree log, landed all fours and resumed chasing the deer ahead of her. The claws on her forepaws dug into the dirt... Sophia awoke, her stomach churning again....
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 6
### **Chapter 6** Sophia slowly swam towards consciousness, her brain feeling like it was submerged in molasses. Groaning, she willed stiff muscles to move her arm to her face and rub her temples. She opened her eyes and immediately shut them as...
In the shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 7
### **Chapter 7** Sophia felt like her insides were twisting themselves in knots as she stared at the attached recording titled "Little Red Riding Hood Wolfs Out!". Desperately pleading with herself to wake up from the nightmare, she fought the urge...
In the shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 8
### **Chapter 8 - November 5, Sunday** **The next morning, Sophia woke groggily to the sound of her alarm and the feeling of a full bladder. Once she forced her aching legs to take her to the bathroom, she climbed back into bed and leaned against the...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 12
### Chapter 12 A rustling sound prompted Sophia to look up towards the opening to her den, ready to fight. Thankfully, a familiar scent reached her nose before the cause of the disturbance appeared and she relaxed, her tail wagging gently. Her stomach...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 11
### Chapter 11 Sophia spent the rest of the evening in her room, only coming out to grab something to eat from the fridge. Her dad was watching TV in the living room, but neither acknowledged the other. Too depressed to do much else, she tried to...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 15
### Chapter 15 ### After only a few hundred yards, Sophia's muscles and lungs began to burn. While the thick, leathery pads on her feet provided excellent shock absorption and insulation, they could not make up for the fact that the rest of her feet...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 2
### **Chapter 2** Sophia's heart beat loudly in her chest as she and the wolf regarded each other silently. Wolves usually avoided people, she knew, and to have one here, in town, was unheard of. Sophia also knew she should be afraid to be this close...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 1
Chapter 1 - October 30, Monday As much as she loved wolves and often really wished she was one, Sophia would have settled for just their fur coat right about then. Her sweatshirt seemed especially insufficient to keep out the crisp October morning...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 5
### **Chapter 5** Once the door was shut, Sophia locked it. After a moment's thought, she turned off the light in her room, leaving only the light provided by the moon. While in the bathroom and hallway, she had noticed that she had little trouble...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 4
### **Chapter 4 - November 3rd, Friday Night** Sophia stared in shock at her reflection in the mirror, her mind struggling to comprehend what it was seeing. She was flushed and sweat shone on her skin, but that wasn't what caught her attention. What...
In the Shadow of Moonlight - Ch. 14
### Chapter 14 Sophia was too stunned to move. Then, very slowly, she began moving her hand around the strange bump, disturbing the light cover of stiff hairs that now covered her lower back. The bump felt bony and maybe protruded half an inch from...