Beast has never been this calm. The pain is all but gone, and my mind is completely clear. This has never happened when Beast takes over. There's a completeness that I haven't felt before. Why did Beast want her dead?
A bigger question is why did the men who came after me want her dead? Without the K-5 flooding my system in waves, I can concentrate on what's important. Someone wants Marinah dead and I need to discover who. Then I'll eat them.
Marinah rests the bowl beside us when the healing food is gone and then eats her meal quickly. Exhaustion rolls over me and I fall asleep to the sound of her eating. Sometime during the night, I shift back to human form. When I open my eyes, sunlight enters the room through a high window. Marinah is gone.
Axel walks in and takes the chair she vacat
