LOGINAvaThe first thing I heard was a low, tired voice, reading words I couldn't quite catch yet. My body felt heavy under the sheets, pinning me to the bed. I could hear the steady rasp of my own breathing. My open eyes blinked dryly in the dim light.I opened my eyes wider. A small, pale room with a c
AvaDad let go of the shackle and sat back, his face relaxing from the concentration. He was quiet for a long moment. Then his eyes met mine."Baby," he said gently, "do you want to know what happened?"Something in his tone made my chest tighten. I had a feeling that this was a truth I wasn't ready
AvaHe stepped out of the blackness, edging closer, until I could finally see him. Unbelievable. He was so young, the age he was when...when he died. His warm brown eyes, both of them, looked at me with a fond smile.I stared, my mouth hanging open, unable to make a sound. My dad. Standing in front
LeviI settled into the chair by her bed and took her hand in mine, rubbing my thumb over the back of it. "Hey, Ava. It's Levi," I said, trying to keep my voice steady. "I just talked to Sofia. We had some things to say to each other."I sat there, rubbing her hand, trying to find the words Maya and
LeviI sat with my father in his room, a week after Hilda's funeral. Some families had already packed up and left the pack after becoming human. Others had stayed, unsure of where else to go.My father wheezed beside me, the hiss of his oxygen tank an ever-present sound now. He was thinner, frail, h
MayaI zipped Sofia's dress as best I could with my good hand. The collar was tricky. I fiddled clumsily with the small metal fastening. "There, perfect," I said, releasing the dress and stepping back.Sofia blinked hard at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was pulled back in a neat bun. The dr
We pulled away from the cabin. I watched it shrink in the rearview mirror until trees swallowed it whole.The first twenty minutes passed without talking. Trees on both sides, road barely wide enough for one car. I tried to fill the silence."What's the new place like?""Bigger than the cabin. Bette
HildaThe chain caught him across the face but he barely moved.I swung again, put everything I had into it. The links whistled through the air. He caught it mid-swing like it was nothing and yanked hard enough to pull me off balance.His fist hit my ribs and I felt three of them break. The pain was
"And if she never shifts?""She will. Trust the process.""The process is me sitting in coffee shops taking photos of a high school girl.""For now. But when the shift comes, you'll need to be positioned to act quickly. The mother will panic. Security will tighten. There'll be a window—small, maybe
Falco - 6 years ago The wine tasted like nothing. I'd ordered it because the bartender kept looking at me like I was loitering, which I was, but paying for a drink bought me the right to sit here without being bothered. Except the wine was shit and I couldn't taste it anyway, so the whole transa







