I Married a Monster

Two weeks until the full moon. Sera wakes to find a note slipped under her door. Library. After breakfast. I […]

The next few days are different. Damien stops hiding. Not completely. He still wears the mask around the servants. Still

Sera spends the day in a fog. Exhausted from no sleep. Replaying last night in her mind. The beast. The

The day of the full moon. Sera wakes to silence. Heavy. Oppressive. Like the manor itself is holding its breath.

Three days until the full moon. The atmosphere in the manor changes. Sera notices it immediately. The servants—already nervous—become downright

Four days until the full moon. Sera wakes with a plan. If Damien won’t let her see him during the

Sera waits until Marcus leaves. Then she makes a decision. She’s going to explore this manor. Every room. Every corridor.

Sera wakes to someone knocking. She sits up, disoriented. Sunlight streams through the windows. Morning already. She barely slept. Every

Marcus is ancient. Seventy, maybe older. White hair. Severe face. Butler’s uniform perfectly pressed despite the decay surrounding them. He

The creditors arrive at dawn. Sera watches from her bedroom window as three carriages pull up to Ashford House. Men