One Hundred- Forty One

"Me moving in with you, silly. I still want to keep this house. It's paid for, thanks to dad's life insurance policy. So all I have to pay for is the taxes and homeowners insurance. I will need it for the down time after my monthly trip into the woods."

"Heh, the way you keep saying it like that, you make it sound like you have a bad case of the monthly cramps, not, well, you know."

"See, even you can't say it out loud. It's like if we don't say it, it won't be true. Yes, Marie, once a month my PMS goes all to hell and I turn into a werewolf."

"Yeah, okay. I guess maybe because I haven't seen you like that, it really hasn't sunk in."

"Trust me,. Until Damien teaches me to control the shift, to become aware inside myself when I've shifted, you don't want to be anywhere near me. I killed and ate someone who was near me last time."

"I'm sorry, Elena, I didn't mean to bring that up."

"No, that's okay. If I keep these thoughts inside, it'll make it worse. I do know how you can make it up t