“That looks like… but it can’t be…” Annabelle had emerged from the miniscule opening behind Haley. Haley was certain that she probably wished she hadn’t. Towering over them, and swallowing up any hope of getting out of the cave, was a three-headed dog. “Nice doggy,” Grove said between gritted teeth. The creature huffed, sending a gust of wind that rattled the cave walls. Haley felt pieces of rock fall from the ceiling. She was too scared to look up. Too scared to take her eyes off of the monster. Its muscles rippled underneath dark, scarred fur. It could swallow the three of them up in one bite. Under its neck swung a heavy metal collar, with a tag that glinted[…]

“He’s had a redemption arc, trust me,” Lilith had explained. Watching his self-satisfied smirk as he lounged in her living room, making himself right at home, Reyna wanted to call her friend and ask her to get rid of him. There was only one thing that stopped her: Lilith and Mark. As the only human in their friend group, Reyna knew that she was only considered a liability. With the increase of monsters in the area and a plot to take her life, she knew she had to stick to a serious training schedule or else rely on her friends to protect her. She wouldn’t let them put their life on the line for her, not again. If that meant[…]