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Chapter 1 - Acceptance (Teaser)

Two children no older than ten years old were running through the streets of a Canadian town in the middle of the winter. The little girl had tears in her eyes and she was holding on tight to her twin brother’s arm. She looked up slowly at the hand that was wrapped around her forearm. It didn’t look like an ordinary arm, it was full of dark grey hair and claws were developing. She didn’t know what was happening but she trusted her brother to do the right thing.

“Morgan,” the boy said. “You have to keep up.”

The girl pushed away her tear drenched red hair to look up at her bother. Police sirens could be heard in the background as the boy pulled his sister into a back alley. He didn’t know what was happening to him but he couldn’t endanger his sister. He didn’t want them to take her as well. The girl held on tight to the hairy arm and hoped that it would go away.

They turned around another corner just to run into a blinding light. Policemen aimed their guns at the boy and were ready to shoot. The little girl couldn’t see but the grip on her forearm was becoming stronger. She looked down to see a huge claw wrapped around her tiny arm. Her eyes slowly trailed up to see half beast half boy standing in front of her. She looked in horror at what her brother was turning into.

“Get the girl away from him,” yelled one of the officers.

“Stay away!” growled the boy.

“Give yourself up and we won’t hurt you.”

“Leave us alone!”

Suddenly more hair grew on the boy’s body and the police were about to take action when the girl stepped in front of the boy. Tears were streaming down her face and she wanted to help her twin. She didn’t want them to take him away from her. He simply looked up at his sister and smiled. He gently touched her cheek with his claw before pushing her out of the way. Gunshots were heard and the little girl felt liquid splatter onto her face as her brother body fell to the ground, lifeless.

“Brother!”

Morgan’s eyes snapped opened as she found herself drenched with sweat in her bed. It was rare that she would have nightmares about her childhood, especially about that night eight years ago. She didn’t know why she was suddenly having these dreams but she was too tired to worry about it. Her eyes trailed up as her bedroom door slowly opened and her younger brother’s head popped in. Jimmy was only twelve years old and had no memory about their brother.