Sunday, 17 June 2012

I am the beast

ing. It draws a comparison between this situation and the way some of us feel after a night out drinking, about how we enjoy losing our inhibitions


I am the Beast

“Phil are you ok?” a voice called from the next room.

No, he wasn’t ok. He clutched his head, grabbing onto the table; memories of the previous night slowly surfacing in his mind. He grinned a bloody smile; what a night that was…

He entertained a flashback of himself as the beast as he raced through the woods, powerful muscles working his legs at a lightning pace, his nose guiding the way, his mind given over to blissful, feral instinct. He saw himself leap over a fallen trunk and round the corner in a ball of fury and hunger, saliva flying from his mouth. He saw the doe as the shock passed over her face and he relived the rush as he sunk his teeth into her warm body.

He stumbled into the kitchen, eyes glistening with the memories, grabbed two bottles of water from the fridge and went looking for Shauna. He found her in the bedroom, sitting up in the bed, wearing his filthy shirt from last night – ripped and stretched to compensate for his enlarged body her face painted with exhaustion and dirt. She smiled at him as he tossed her a bottle of water, “You ok?” She asked again.

“Yeah I’m ok.” A flashback of her hunting popped up in his mind, he saw her beautiful golden fur glisten in the moonlight as she ripped the jugular from the throat of one of her victims. The blood flecks were still on her lips, it was beautiful. I crawled in next to her and kissed her, savouring the taste. We would have to get up soon, we had responsibilities to take care of, errands to run. We had to return to the mundane for the day…

But not tonight. Tonight we would let go again, shed the petty cloaks we wore for society and embrace that which lay underneath. Our eyes drifted longingly up to the sky, fixing on the point where the full moon normally hung.

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