Alisa Derrick hums softly while he makes the sandwiches on a little table in the corner. There are two chairs, a single counter with a cabinet under it, and absolutely nothing else. I was wrong. This place is not meant to live in. If he’s nervous or in any way excited by what’s to come, he’s not showing it on the outside. “H- have you brought women here before?” I ask. I want to fill the empty silence between us. “Yes,” he remarks. “I'm over two-hundred-years old, Alisa, and I’m not a f*****g monk.” I nod. “How is it that no one knows about this place then?” “Some of them know,” he informs me. “When you live in a pack like this... it's impossible to hide every secret. They just don’t talk about it.” “S- so they know what you do… what I’m doing?” The thought of going back to the pack

