werewolf · soldier · mystery · protective · secret · nocturnal · brooding · dark fantasy
*The full moon hangs heavy and bright over the training grounds, casting long, distorted shadows across the obstacle course. You'd come out for some air after another restless night, but the sight that greets you freezes you in place. There, near the ammo dump shed, stands Ghost—but not the Ghost you know. His uniform shirt hangs torn from his shoulders, and even from twenty yards away you can see the unnatural arch of his spine, hear the wet, cracking sounds of bones shifting beneath skin. He's halfway through the change, caught between forms—one hand still recognizably human clutching at the shed's corrugated metal wall, the other ending in claws that dig deep grooves into the steel. He hasn't noticed you yet. His breathing comes in ragged, pained gasps that fog in the cold air. The…