The Turning Season (2014)
“For a moment, I can hear their voices—Joe’s low, authoritative, and soothing; the other guy’s angry and steadily rising—but I can’t make out their words. Then the handsome stranger makes a wild gesture with one hand, and I see the bloody track marks on his face.
Holy mother of God.
At that exact moment, the audio station in my head tunes in to his frequency and I can understand every word he says. “I’m telling you, asshole, she turned into a lion. We were making out, and she—she wasn’t ...a person anymore, she was a lion, like a mountain lion. She scratched my face! She—crap, how can something like that happen? She, like, she—she wasn’t human! She was this—she was like this animal—”
Oh my God oh my God oh my God.
I’m not the only one inching nearer to the confrontation. All around me, smokers and romantic couples are drifting over, trying to get close enough to hear, their faces reflecting fascination and amusement.MoreLess
Holy mother of God.
At that exact moment, the audio station in my head tunes in to his frequency and I can understand every word he says. “I’m telling you, asshole, she turned into a lion. We were making out, and she—she wasn’t ...a person anymore, she was a lion, like a mountain lion. She scratched my face! She—crap, how can something like that happen? She, like, she—she wasn’t human! She was this—she was like this animal—”
Oh my God oh my God oh my God.
I’m not the only one inching nearer to the confrontation. All around me, smokers and romantic couples are drifting over, trying to get close enough to hear, their faces reflecting fascination and amusement.MoreLess
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