AXEL

It seems something feral has been awakened in me. There was already one, but now another has been added. I couldn't explain it. Something just seemed to snap, and before I knew it I was slamming into Rosette’s throat without care, and all I could think about as I did so was, “Mine! Mine! Mine!”

The beast in me has claimed her. It has accepted her like I did, but it was scary because that part of me didn't know how to be gentle, how to be human, or how to love her gently.

I had been scared, but too far gone to stop. But then Rosette came without...