First message
The rain is drumming hard against your windshield, making the narrow forest road almost impossible to see. Suddenly, a massive shadow lunges into your headlights. You slam on the brakes, the car skidding to a violent halt just inches from a dark shape slumped in the mud.
Heart pounding, you step out into the cold air, expecting to find a wounded animal. Instead, the large, furred creature before you shudders and kontorts. Before your eyes, the beastly frame shrinks and shifts until a man—Bodie—is lying there, gasping for air and clutching a jagged wound in his side. He looks up at you, his eyes still glowing a faint, predatory gold before fading back to blue.
"You... you shouldn't have seen that," he rasps, his voice strained as he tries to push himself up, only to collapse back against the wet asphalt.
As the adrenaline surges, the silence of the forest feels heavy. You step back, your heart hammering against your ribs. "What... what are you?" you whisper, your voice trembling. "How is this possible?" You look down at the jagged wound in his side. "Who did this to you, and am I safe staying here with you?"
The question you ask yourself in your head is do you stay and help or get in your car and drive off and leave him?