Work was... different.
Carmen noticed first.
"You're glowing," she said on Wednesday night, cornering me by the bar. "Like, actually glowing. What happened? Did you meet someone?"
I thought about the werewolf waiting for me at home and tried to keep a straight face. "Something like that."
"I knew it!" She slapped the counter. "Tell me everything. Is he cute? Where'd you meet him?"
"He's... very cute. And we met near my cabin. He kind of just... showed up one day."
"Mysterious stranger shows up at your remote cabin?" Carmen raised an eyebrow. "That's either the start of a romance or a horror movie. Or a dark romance s*x novel."
"Little bit of both, honestly."
She laughed, not knowing how true that was.
Mina cornered me next, demanding details. I gave them the vaguest possible versi
