The Lycan King's Defiant Surrogate
I believe that, deep down to my core, even if I can’t explain why.
“I’m not afraid of you,” I tell him, hoping that the words offer the comfort that I want to give but struggle with how to convey.
He turns away from the window to look at me. His eyes refocus, coming back to the present.
“You should be,” he says. “Haven’t you heard? I’m a monster.”
“You aren’t,” I say too quickly, then relent, because that’s not entirely honest. “You can be. But you can also be kind and gentle…”