Bargain with a Beast

my mind the same way I felt the beast. Her presence was light as a butterfly’s wing. Feminine. Very different from the primal creature I’d lived with my entire life.
“He’s not that

I was carrying the weird version of an urn right now. This green thing was all I had left of him.
Stef looked at the strange orb. “What’s that?”
“That’s Kovo. It’s made out of his ashes.”

glow emanated from the machine

sense. Was this a factory of some kind

looking for a weapon. Anything I could

mansion, dropped me on the proverbial doorstep and left without a word.
Jerks.
When my mother saw me, she gave a soft cry, rushed forward and wrapped

edge sliding to a stop at my feet

control what happened next.”

waist. “Oh, god. I think I’m going

the cat.”
“Idle minds are the devil’s playground.”