The Wolf and the Woodsman

by Ava Reid

“If girls can be wolves, can’t men be beasts?”

What’s to stop humans from doing harm, if you don’t fear for the fate of your soul after death?” On the backs of my thighs, my old scars flare. “I think humans are perfectly capable of punishing each other. What a terribly absurd question to ask, when you’re sitting there with your missing eye. You should know better than anyone that people can be as cruel as any god.”