The Outcast’s Fate
“But we also don’t bring strange things back to the village unless we know what they are.”
“She’s not a thing, Greer,” Harst snapped. “She’s a girl. She’s hurt.”
Greer turned to him slowly. “She’s a girl found naked, alone, bruised, in the middle of the forest on a full moon after weeks of howling in the hills. You want to tell me that’s normal?”
Silence settled over the three men.
The wind picked up slightly, whispering through the trees.
“Two nights ago,” Harst began, lowering his voice, “my nephew swore he saw a pair of glowing eyes beyond the chicken pens. Said it wasn’t any ordinary beast. Said it moved like it was watching.”
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