I can feel the stories building up in my spine.
A shiver of whispers and unclean things, spoken behind the leaves of her hands. I fold my heart away… I fold my heart away.
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He stood on the road, staring out at the fallen night with something that could be called rage. Drifts of dusty snow piled against his legs as he slowly curled and uncurled his mittened fingers into wooly fists.
I could tell he was bargaining with that silent God of his. promising everything just to bring them back again. A second chance at a family…a life… something normal.
But we had him in our grasp again. He was ours and she… with her doe like eyes and silvery innocence was nothing against the pull of his desire to be among us… to be one of us.
To feel a rage so pure that it was like a blessing, to feel a fury so hot it was like a balm.
I could hear Ephete pad up along side me. She pressed her long head against my hip and I blindly reached down to stroke the thick, warm fur of her upright ears.
She whimpered a bit and leaned against my leg. Demanding, in her way, my undivided attention. I stroked her sleek head one last time before pushing her away from me.
On the road his shoulders slumped and he shook his head briskly, dislodging the snow that had piled on top of his dome. He turned, partially towards the house, still looking back over his shoulder hoping… ah, hoping.
I felt myself smiling, that slow almost feral grin, the grin that comes before the kill and Ephete, watching me, shivered in anticipation.
As he started walking towards the house I finally looked at my companion, my minion, my love. “Let’s sever his hope, shall we?” I whispered and Ephete’s harvest moon colored eyes lit up like lanterns before she spun and darted towards the door sliding out just as he came in.
He, unaware of the nature of the beast, laughed as he was unceremoniously shoved aside. “Where is she going in such a rush?” he asked me, pulling his mittens off as he approched.
My grin spread wider. “To teach a lesson.”