To Become The Monster
The city dims, like a candle turned low, and the ground ignites beneath my feet—not with light, but with meaning.
Blood blooms across the stones.
Layered. Counted. Cataloged.
Human blood is the first thing I register—thin, pale, almost translucent. Fear-heavy. The kind spilled by people who never saw the blow coming. There isn’t much of it here, only residue tracked in by boots and panic. Bystanders. Collateral.
Then the wolves.
Their blood burns hotter, thicker, streaked through with silvered heat. Three distinct signatures. No—four. One was injured but escaped. Alpha-trained fighters. Not scavengers. Not young.