AXEL
Seconds drag by as I brace myself for a reaction.
A hundred different scenarios race through my mind as Ivy holds my gaze, like she's pondering whether I'm being honest.
Then she looks away and takes another drag from her vape.
“Well, say something,” I grind out as nervousness threatens to swallow me whole.
“There's nothing to say, Axel Grey.”
The hell? She saw me shift, didn't she?
I rake my fingers through my hair, grabbing a fistful in anxiety. “There’s nothing to say?” I repeat cynically. “Ivy, you just saw me shift into a huge, feral beast and… you don't have anything to say?”
Ivy glances at the floor for a moment, then shakes her head bitterly. “The things they say about this town.” A wry look spreads across her features. “The myths are true, aren't they?”
She
