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[email protected]. Thank you for your support of theauthor’s rights. Chapter OneStig Wyvern dried the last of his dishes and placed themin the cabinet. His gaze moved to the bay window acrossthe kitchen. The setting sun splashed the sky with brilliantstreaks of orange and fiery pink. His stomach tightened atthe sight. With the darkness came the forced change, andtonight it would be beyond his control. This night andthose of the following eight days he would spend at thecomplete mercy of his inner beast. Already his skin tingled, his nerves set alight with aprickling heat. Even though he’d just ingested a pile ofrare steaks for dinner, his stomach growled withemptiness.
