Back At Stonefang…

~Alora~

I sat by the window in Lucian's chambers, watching the sunset paint the sky in shades of orange and pink. My mind suddenly drifted off to that day—the day of my first shift.

The memory of that shift still made me shudder. The pain, the loss of control, the animalistic rage that had consumed me. I'd attacked everyone in sight, unable to distinguish friend from foe.

But Lucian had been there. Through it all, he'd been there.

"What are you thinking about?"

His ...