If I'm lucky, she will remember every word tomorrow. I watch her sleep, and within a few minutes she begins softly snoring. While she's out, I do something I've wanted to try since discovering Beast's aversion to her. I allow him to come to the forefront without transforming. It's not easy to do and I must keep a tight leash in order to keep him from taking over completely.
Beast leans over and sniffs her bare leg. He doesn't touch. Kill the woman, pops into my head.
Why? I ask.
Dangerous, he replies.
Slowly I extend my hand and touch her leg again. Beast growls deep in my chest. Dangerous how? I press.
Deadly.
I don't see it. Her stumbling bumbling routine can't be a hoax. Beast leans over and licks her leg where I'm touching. He tastes her, but so do I. It's strange. I've been with
