No. I wasn’t monstrous, yet—but I soon would be. “You gave her to me,” I growled, my deep voice going rough as I started to change, my bones bending and pushing out into my far more frightening form, half again as big as any human could be, covered in muscle and short dark fur. “She is mine.” I laid claim to her, even as my mouth crowded with teeth. “And anyone who tries to take her from me will be punished.”
