The Monsters in Your Neighborhood by Petersen Jesse

Author:Petersen, Jesse [Petersen, Jesse]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2013-07-29T06:00:00+00:00

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Natalie had seen Alec’s wolf form six times since they’d started dating. It wasn’t like she liked it, but it was part of him, so she accepted it. When he turned, he got bigger, his face elongated into that of a canine, his teeth grew, and he became covered in hair. He traded off between walking on his hind legs and walking on all fours. His strength multiplied, but she could manage him, especially since they tied him down with special chains when the cycle began.

Mostly he just growled and howled and thrashed. But she never felt totally threatened, even if he managed to get an arm free to slash at her or something.

When he spun around to stare up at her from his crouched position on the floor, she recognized this was not that kind of wolf change and the thing staring up at her wasn’t Alec, either. This was something else.

His face had mangled into a half-man/half-wolf hybrid, something twisted and ugly. Hair covered his skin in patches, rather than a thick coat. His fangs were distended, but his eyes hadn’t changed entirely. One was still Alec’s, staring at her in something akin to an apology; the other was bloodshot, pupil dilated and empty of all emotion or humanity.

He grumbled, growled, and the only thing on his face was hate.

“Dear God,” she whispered as she backed away slowly. “What the fuck did they do to you, Alec?”

He tilted his head to stare at her. Prey, that’s all she was. And even though they had tussled a little bit when he was a wolf before, she could already see this was going to be different. Whatever Alec was at this moment, he had intent. And his intent seemed to be to kill her.

He lunged forward and hit her, flipping her onto her back as they skidded across the floor together. She pressed up against his broad chest and he leaned forward with all his might, smashing his teeth toward her in an attempt to rip her face off..

She managed to get him off of her just enough that she could throw a punch, and held nothing back as she connected squarely with his lupine nose.

He yelped like a dog and she flipped him off of her, leaping to her feet. They had managed to slide out of the living room and into the foyer. She backed up until she bumped against the console table. Reaching behind her, she slid her hand along its laminate until she felt the heavy lead candlestick from her father’s old mansion. She was about to grab it, but Alec had already gotten up, shaken his head, and reached for her again.

Taking her shoulders this time, he flung her. She flew away from the table and the possibility of weapons that the candlesticks represented. She hit the wall next to the kitchen doorway and felt her shoulder pop out of place. She jammed it back into its socket and turned around.

“Alec,” she said, rubbing her shoulder.

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