ELOWEN
Tuesday night.
The shift had been good — better than good. Carmen had complimented my energy, Mina had dragged me into the back to share gossip about the new bouncer, and my regulars had tipped well. I felt almost normal. Like the girl I used to be before dead animals and golden eyes and a wolf who slept on my porch.
I stopped at the grocery store after. More steaks — because apparently that was my life now, buying meat for a monster — and the basics I'd been too scared to shop for last week. The normalcy of it made me want to laugh. Or cry. I wasn't sure which.
The bus ride was quiet. I watched the city lights fade into darkness and thought about him waiting for me. About the way his tail had swayed this morning when I'd come out with coffee. About his head in my lap on the por
