When people are angry, we say that they “march.” As in, “I was so angry, I marched right over to Francis Flamingo’s house and gave her what for!” Whatever that means. Well, I didn’t march over to her house, but I did change myself into a falcon and fly over there as fast as I could.  This woman kept tampering with my life, and if she didn’t knock it off, I was going to make some permanent changes to hers. I wasn’t sure why she was even still here. Her daughter was gone. She didn’t need me anymore. Why didn’t she just move along? I transformed back into a human and pounded on the door. When she opened it, she didn’t look surprised at all to see that it was me.  “Harlow. Delighted to see you as always. What brings me the pleasure?” She stood there with her arms folded, leaning against the door jamb like m

I was a high school student by day and a wood nymph guardian at night. While I wasn’t actively hunting this bastard, I was guarding against him. Looking for him at every turn. For the next few weeks, my wolves and I spent hours at night checking to see if there was any indication that Harold had left the forest that Francis was in the process of claiming and spreading out either in the town or into our forest.I had a feeling I was going to need to do more to combat this monster than what I was doing, though. I mean, Francis had essentially told me to stay out of “her” woods, but it didn’t belong to her. It wasn’t her ancestral lands or anything. If that forest could give her energy and powers the way that mine could me, I didn’t think it was a good idea for her to be so powerful, but then, there wasn't a lot I could do to stop her and also focus on school.

I had to figure out who this new blonde girl was. She was driving me crazy. Every time I turned around, there she was, smiling at me like a freaking Jack-o-lantern. As soon as I had a chance, I pulled Raven aside. “What is up with you, Harlow?” she asked me. “You’re so intense tonight!”“That girl that Ben’s been dancing with, the blonde. Who is she?” I was glaring at her as I spoke, and she had the audacity to smile right at me.“I have no idea,” Raven said. ‘Why do you care? It’s not like they’re dating.”“No, I don’t care that she’s with Ben. I mean, I do, but that’s not why I’m asking. She keeps giving me this creepy grin, and I think there’s something weird about her, that’s all.”

“What the actual hell?” I asked, squinting across the room to look at this Hannah chick’s mouth. I looked around for one of my packmates to see if they were seeing what I was seeing, too, but there was no one nearby. “Damn it. Where are my friends when I need them?” They were all over by the table where we’d been sitting, chatting it up while I was staring at some sort of a fang-toothed interloper who couldn’t stop grinning at me.I turned back to look at Hannah, but whatever I saw before was gone. This just wasn’t right. I had to be able to trust my eyes, and my eyes told me she had some really sharp teeth a minute ago. So what happened to them?I found myself walking across the dance floor on my way to speak to her when suddenly Sam was in front of me. I almost ran into him but was glad I didn’t because I

Prom night had not gone as expected. Just as the night of the homecoming dance had not gone as planned. Thankfully, this was the last dance we would have in high school, so maybe there would be less opportunities for craziness to ensue.Somehow, I doubted that, though. Craziness seemed to follow me wherever I went.After the wood nymph/vampire girl attacked Jimmy, and I made sure that he was fine, we got the blood cleaned up off of the floor, and debated what to do next.The chaperones had all scattered when the kids did, so there wasn’t anyone left in the gym other than my pack and a few of Jimmy’s friends who hadn’t run off and abandoned him. I was exhausted so I went over to the table where we had been sitting earlier and collapsed in one of the chairs.