Her Monstrous Beasts (Her Vicious Beasts #5)

Chapter 60

Ghoul

One year ago

In a small coastal town, I watch my snakelet hopping towards the cafe in crow form. She doesn’t see me sitting at the table behind the four elderly humans. She didn’t notice me following her the entire way.

So fixated on her goal of food, she cocks her little head, and blinks those fascinating blue eyes. She’s starving, dehydrated, and about to lose her fight for freedom. But she needs to come back. She needs to go to Animus Academy where I can continue to watch her.

Black wings flap. Women scream. An elderly woman swings her handbag.

I leave my takeaway bag on the table and leave, only looking back long enough to make sure she grabs it.