All Chapters of Howl for Justice : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The gala sounds distant now, an afterthought. "I am starting to think I wasn't meant for this kind of life," he says. He spreads his hands, gestures broadly at the gala, but his meaning is far more intimate. "A lot of pressure to fit in when you know you don't." I detect a slight change in his scent

There's a look in his eyes, something I've seen before. In the mirror, when the pull of the moon is strongest. "I've heard it takes unusual commitment," Lucas says. His fingers drum once, twice, then still. He fixes me with a gaze that's sharper than I'd expect from a casual question. "Working the

My finger hovers, poised above the lamp's switch, ready to cut off its jaundiced circle of light. It traces the etched line of my cuticle, clean but for one frayed edge that catches my nail, the barely noticeable mar of a perfect day, a perfect life. I let my hand drop, retreat from that weakness. T

Shadows smother the day, snuff its last embers, wrap around my office and choke out the light. I let them, let them hide me, shroud me, keep me safe until I'm ready to emerge. My own breath is loud in the silence, the careful breaths of a swimmer beneath ice, rising just enough for air, just enough

The firm’s corridors buzz with a charged energy, every corner turned revealing a new pocket of motion and sound. I move with purpose, Lucas at my side, the sharp rhythm of my heels matching the staccato beats of office life. His presence is a disruption, an undercurrent I can’t ignore—heat and inten