THE WILD ROSE
The thing wearing the uniform shifted again, a ripple running beneath its skin that didn’t belong.
“Not entirely,” Arthur added, his voice tightening. “It's what they call a skinwalker. Bad news.”
“What the hell is a skinwalker?”
“It means you don’t want to find out.”
“I’m not running away and leaving you here alone.”
The creature moved again, lunging with a speed that forced the decision out of me before I could think it through.
Energy flared through me, sharp and immediate, driving outward as I struck him, the force catching him clean and throwing him back into the patrol car hard enough to dent the metal.
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