Gray After Dark

by Noelle W. Ihli

I would have cried tears of joy to trade the past two days for a chance to face off with a bear instead of these two monsters.

“I know Hame ain’t much to look at, but you know what they say, ‘All cats look gray after dark.’

“Opening up your heart is messy—and risky. But keeping your heart spotless is risky too,”

“Freddy won’t find her, because he doesn’t know her. He thinks she belongs to him, but she doesn’t. She belongs to herself.”

“Fred is so sure she’s tame he lets her wander around free. But Annabelle surprised him, didn’t she?”