Bound By Moonlight
““What do you mean, something else?”
Max turned on the steps to face her, holding her hands firmly. “Don’t be afraid. You’re not alone. We’re special. Blessed.” That’s what his mother had always told him to take the fear from his heart. “We look like them, and we’re taught to blend in with them. But we’re not human, Tina.”
“What are we?” she whispered.
“Are you ready to see?”
She swallowed and gripped his hands as hard as she could, then nodded.
And slowly he let his hands change.
“Don’t be afra...id,” he said gently as she stared at the lengthening claws, at the long distorted fingers, at the thick thatch of black hair. When she looked up in alarm and disbelief, he let his eyes glow golden. And he mentally reached out to her with that Glimmer of sensation that their kind shared between them.
With a moan, she shut her eyes; a harsh tremor shook her body. Then she cried, “Oh, thank God. I thought it was madness. I thought I’d passed something terrible on to my son.”MoreLess
Max turned on the steps to face her, holding her hands firmly. “Don’t be afraid. You’re not alone. We’re special. Blessed.” That’s what his mother had always told him to take the fear from his heart. “We look like them, and we’re taught to blend in with them. But we’re not human, Tina.”
“What are we?” she whispered.
“Are you ready to see?”
She swallowed and gripped his hands as hard as she could, then nodded.
And slowly he let his hands change.
“Don’t be afra...id,” he said gently as she stared at the lengthening claws, at the long distorted fingers, at the thick thatch of black hair. When she looked up in alarm and disbelief, he let his eyes glow golden. And he mentally reached out to her with that Glimmer of sensation that their kind shared between them.
With a moan, she shut her eyes; a harsh tremor shook her body. Then she cried, “Oh, thank God. I thought it was madness. I thought I’d passed something terrible on to my son.”MoreLess
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