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~ Chapter 88 ~

Author: R.M. Swan
last update publish date: 2026-04-23 07:49:26

A scream caught in the back of Lotte’s throat as she fought against her wishes to both throw up and faint. She logic-ed that, at least by fainting, her pain would be minimal. At least she hoped it would… But that had always been Charlotte’s flaw. She had to look.

… Every time her young self needed a shot.

… Every injury.

… Every witnessed car accident.

Charlotte always had to look. Even if it meant staring into the bloodthirsty beast's gaze, there was no ignoring it. Holding her breath, the g
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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 101 ~

    The silence that followed was like a piercing knife wedged into Lotte’s soul… She watched as Romy took another steady drink, the older woman’s eyes tracing over remnants of the dining room. Her Aunt didn’t seem fazed in the slightest by the mess, but also didn’t seem ready to continue without prompting. Clearing her throat, Charlotte steadied herself before she pressed, “Go on.” With a sigh, Romy set her drink back down again. "Your mother,” her voice broke a little, the same way it always did when talking about Lotte’s Mom. “Janie... she wasn’t just my sister," Romy confessed. "We were foster sisters first… Her father was sent to prison for this and that - he died in there. My mother just couldn’t be bothered to even try to love me… Janie loved me. We were inseparable.”Lotte had already heard plenty of times in her life about how ‘inseparable’ her mother and her Aunt were. When she was younger, it had made her incredibly jealous of the other woman. Romy cleared her throat and cont

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 100 ~

    Stepping in front of Brandon, Lotte moved cautiously toward the back door. A single kitchen light was on and provided just enough of a guiding force to get the two of them to the house safely. Reaching for the door handle, the girl gave a steady yank and waited. She wasn’t sure what she was waiting for… Her Aunt with a gun, maybe… Ready to kill them both… No, as she took her first step over the creaking, messy floorboard, Charlotte wasn’t greeted by a gunshot. Instead, she spotted Romy at the other end of the table. The woman was nursing an ice pack to her head and a bottle of something amber in her other hand. She didn’t move as they entered, nor as Lotte, still shielding Brandon, guided him through the dining room. She was a silhouette of domestic calm amidst the carnage in the dining room. Her eyes tracked them from the doorway, landing on the dark, blooming stains on their clothes.The gun was nowhere to be seen. This was a fact that scared Charlotte more than anything. Continui

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 99 ~

    The winter air bit at Lotte’s bare back with a vengeance. Shivering against it, she watched as Chris shuffled back through the trees from which he had appeared. When he returned, the giant man had a jacket in his hand. “It was getting a bit warm,” the Mayor explained, approaching Lotte and offering her the material. The girl squinted her eyes up at him. She had no idea how, even someone as built as Chris, could refer to THIS night as warm. With gratitude, Lotte reached out and accepted the heavy leather jacket. It smelled of pine and woodsmoke, the scent of a man who spent his life outdoors and not in some office at ‘town hall’. Squirming around Brandon’s arms, Lotte managed to get the cover over most of her body before she was able to wrap the boy up in her arms again. “See,” she breathed softly, “Everything is alright now. We just need to get you home and into something warm.” Brandon, the boy who was no stranger to swearing, didn’t so much as mutter a four-letter word. He remain

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 98 ~

    The apple orchard was a blur of shapes, colors, and sounds. All of which Charlotte had never noticed before. It was as if someone had taken the world she had lived in her whole life and turned it into a thriving being. Red… Silver… Shadows… Hidden critters all about… Chittering and chattering… And then she could smell him…Brandon.The boy had not gotten too far away, despite how fast he had bolted from the yard. In fact, as Lotte burst through a thicket of trees, she recognized the space as the one the boy had taken refuge in the day he toppled her. Only this time he wasn’t alone. The young wolf, his gray fur matted with mud, was snapping fruitlessly at the heels of a stag that looked more like a prehistoric monster than a deer. It was a massive, scarred buck that would have made any local hunter proud… Unfortunately for young Brandon, it was winning.Charlotte watched, her heart no longer racing with excitement but with fear, as the massive creature reared back against the tiny w

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 97 ~

    It felt like Lotte had fallen into another one of her dreams. Over and over again, her mind kept repeating: ‘This isn’t Real’, ‘This isn’t Real’, ‘This isn’t…’ And then the wolf threw back his head, releasing the most anguished howl Charlotte had ever heard in her life. It was pain, rage, and fear, all bundled into a single noise… And it broke her heart. “Brandon,” She breathed. That did it - The wolf howled again, this time with more anger than anything, and then tore into a frenzy. Before Charlotte knew it, the chair at the end of the table was toppled, followed by the table itself… and anything within a foot radius. The howling was joined with whimpering, wet panting, and growls. Gaping, the girl’s vision shot to the back door. As Brandon/Wolf hit his head against the surface of the nearest wall, she knew that she needed to act quickly or the boy was going to hurt himself. Slowly, cautiously, she watched as Romy’s bottle of wine met the floor with a shatter, as she inched toward

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 96 ~

    The ride home with Henry was just as peaceful as the ride in. He had picked up some pizza things for Lotte and Brandon to put together for dinner, and promised to be back in the morning. Charlotte couldn’t thank him enough as she heaved the brown bag into her arms and made her way toward the house. Henry had barely looked at her when he said goodbye, his mind already miles away at the old church where his wife’s bones waited for him. It wasn’t until she was inside that the girl heard the eldest Lupman family member drive off. His consideration gave her a big smile. Lotte, who had been expecting to hear some kind of noise upon entering the house, the familiar chaos of a thirteen-year-old boy, was surprised when silence was all that greeted her. "Brandon?" she called out, stepping into the foyer. No answer.Busying herself with laying out their dinner supplies, Charlotte tried calling again, “Brandon! I’m home!” No answer. Wondering if the boy had gone to take a nap, she made her w

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 13 ~

    Teeth chattering against each other, Lotte slowly exited the car out of fear that she would immediately slip. They hadn’t reached David’s cabin yet, but had stopped at the nearest ‘market’ to pick up some dinner supplies. The Doctor was beside himself with excitement as they pulled up to a little s

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 12 ~

    Despite every piece of Lotte's core flashing repeated red lights, the girl knew there was really nothing more she could do. Her aunt had made it clear that if she didn't come along, there would be consequences. And even though David's threat to take back the offer still loomed in the air, Charlotte

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 11 ~

    It was as if some switch flicked on inside of Romy, and suddenly she was ready to trade in her skin-tight dancing shorts for a homemaker's apron. Even before David explained that he had spaces on his property that he rented out to another couple, and that this was nothing new to him, Lotte could se

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 14 ~

    It took another half an hour to reach David’s house, and in that time Lotte was bubbling with excitement as each minute ticked by. Knowing that she would need to get a car ASAP to make it to work each day, the girl began babbling about her favorite cake tricks to stop herself from bouncing right ou

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