Maisie
His hands had a slight tremor on my skin but his expression otherwise remained dull and empty. I fought the urge to touch him.
"The humans stood outside and cheered. They cheered while my family burned alive. I remembered looking back and seeing my Da trapped beneath a beam. My brothers screaming. My mother shoved me out the window in time for everything to explode."
My stomach twisted with horror and I didn't know when my fingers threaded through his. Or when my throat clogged. Or when tears brimmed in my eyes.
His gaze drifted somewhere far away and his lips curled into something that wasn't quite a smile. "I shifted for the first time that night and I killed every human I could find."
There was no pride in his voice. No remorse either. "I don't remember most of it. Only blood. Fear. Running. They caught me eventually."
Cold. My chest felt so cold. His fingers felt like ice.
