~ TESS ~

I desperately want to fight the beast inside me, but the truth is—I don’t know how. One second I’m still in the tattoo chair, and the next, I’m on my feet, snarling at Killan. My gums tingle as the voice inside me roars inside my skull—loud, terrifying, and foreign. I press the heels of my hands to my temples, hoping to muffle the sound, to anchor myself. But everything around me feels wrong—warped in red-tinted fury.

I can barely make ...