Taming the Werewolf - 15
Jacob undid his necktie and cufflinks, placing them on the hotel room dresser. He was slow and quiet, straining to hear the muffled noises from behind the closed bathroom door, where Amanda had hidden away. She promised she would be a minute, but it...
Taming the Werewolf - 16
All throughout much of the reception, Amanda felt like throwing up. She knew it came off to Jacob and everyone else as irritability. She wasn't upset at him. She knew what was being asked of her. To keep up the illusion that she was a happy little,...
Taming the Werewolf - 17 (final)
Jacob woke up to the usual morning sounds of birds and distant cars driving past the house. When he reached out to find the other side of the bed empty, he remembered last night was first night of the full moon. So he hurriedly put his robe on and...
Lifestyle Change
After much thinking, Tricia decided to stay indoors tonight. She needed to be up early in the morning, so there would be no nighttime romping outdoors in her plans. And the stress of the work week required a transformation, so no drinks with friends in...
Taming the Werewolf - 11
Jacob and Amanda didn't talk much after that last full moon when she transformed, when all of their efforts to control her lycanthropy were undone by her unexpressed desire to unleash the monster within her. He was upset, but not at her or anything in...
Taming the Werewolf - 10
It felt good to run. No, it felt invigorating. Amanda ran as far as she could, deeper into a large wooded area at the edge of the neighborhood where she lived. It was a thick expanse of trees and brush and other plant life. More importantly, it was...
Taming the Werewolf - 9
"It's getting warmer," Amanda said, touching the plastic jug resting on the work table. Jacob recalled the first time she said that, the first full moon since her dialysis treatment started. The lycanthropic waste filtered from her blood was at its...
Taming the Werewolf - 8
Amanda's co-workers didn't really notice that anything was really different since she had been attacked by the werewolf all those months ago. At least, they didn't show it on their faces. After the first transformation, she was jumpy and scared to...
The Full Moon Clip
Rachel was so frustrated that she didn't even bother to take her purse with her inside the house when she parked her car. The order that her supplier had promised actually was delayed an entire week, pushing the sales call even further behind schedule....
Taming the Werewolf - 7
They used to go to the state fair at this time every year, when they were younger and looking for some cheap entertainment to fill their evenings. There was something romantic and nostalgic to eating fried food and quasi-square dancing, so Jacob...
Taming the Werewolf - 12
It was his scent that woke Amanda. The same masculine musk she had always loved, mixed in with his cologne and a tinge of fear. She smelled his fear. In that moment, she recalled that she had just changed, and had collapsed on the bed from the pain and...
Taming the Werewolf - 14
The shewolf raced through the wooded areas of the mountains all night. The wind blowing through her fur excited her pores, stimulating every inch of her body. It was a feeling that she never experienced as a human, and was sure to disappear when the...