Alyssa POV
I don't know what possessed me to dare him to show me. Some sort of recklessness, maybe. Part of me wanted answers, but another part of me feared what the answer might be. I never anticipated what he was about to do though, or that I would see what he truly was with my own eyes, but the evidence was right in front of me and there was no denying it. A werewolf. A creature that I had always thought was mere myth and legend. Something that was steeped in lore, not reality, and yet, a large black wolf was standing right where Xavier had just been. A familiar, black wolf now that I peered at it closely, my heart racing wildly in my chest. I had seen this wolf before. In the woods, fighting another wolf, one with red eyes. It hadn't been a dream. It had all been real. Xavier had lied
