when it turns out he just wants my blood

There are various kinds of wolves...those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets. And unfortunately, it is these gentle wolves who are the most dangerous ones of all.

–Charles Perrault, "Little Red Riding Hood"

Rougarou

A "Tell Me Your Secrets" Tale

The Uninvited.

Now the stuff of local legends after the Great Fire laid waste to the island, putting an end to entire lineages, Crockett sees a new visitor for the first time in a century: a mainlander hoping to fill in the gaps in her family's past.