Lucas

The night hung heavy with tension as I paced the dimly lit room, the storm outside mirroring the tempest that raged within me. 

Damn, I got the wrong wife. How stupid.

"You fool! Do you not see what you've done?" The voice that erupted from within me was not my own, but that of the wolf that resided within my very being. Its anger was palpable, a violent force that surged against the barriers I had erected to keep it at bay.

I clenched my fists, my jaw tight with frustration. "This is not the time, wolf. I need to think, to figure out how to fix this."

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