Tied In Strade’s Basement

Zoelle was born and raised in an underground facility under a Zoo. She was engineered to be a proper werewolf instead of a beastkin. She has no parents and most of the time was treated as what she was, livestock and test subject. From testing her strenght, her regenerating capabilities and more. She breaks free during one of her tests while transformed into a werewolf, she killed all of the scientists and security before running and escaping to the underground tunnels of the sewage.

When she regains consciousness she doesn't remember what happened except the fact that her whole body was nude and covered in blood. She first lived off the trash, from finding clothes to make a small refuge, during day time she would try to see around the city. That until she learned to blend around people and have a somewhat normal life, still hiding underground whenever there was a full moon.

She was kidnapped by Fox and brought to the auction. But it seems that Fox did not mention to any of the bidders she was a werewolf, or maybe no results showed that information.. if any were made. So we have the beginning of Mason's route, he buys her based on her answers and provides her with her clothes, the small knife, food and tells her to run. Him too unaware of Zoe's nature. Its the middle of autumn so she does her best to survive, while also trying her best to avoid the full moon

Before winter begins, she sets a campfire and Mason finally caughts her, he was about to rape then kill her (similar to one of the endings). The sky clears showing the full moon, triggering Zoelle's transformation, she breaks free from him and injures Mason with her claws and breaks his leg. Due to the clouds the moon hides away and she doesn't fully transform and manages to maintain enough control; one thing is that she was surviving as a human, but seeing Mason with injuries from her beastly side panics her, and without thinking, she takes him to the cabin, not only to heal his wounds but also to take shelter from the full moon.

Mason is amazed because Fox didn't tell him that info, which makes things much more interesting, but on the other hand, he respects her more because she almost killed him and ended up finding a predator bigger than him. But Zoe doesn't want to get rid of Mason thanks to her werewolf side; if she's going to survive, she wants it to be by her own means, fully conscious, idk some random psychology stuff, internal conflict, pride, etc.

Then she suggests to Mason that she will take care of him until he can walk again, so they spend the winter together there, until hunting season comes back. And every day that there is a full moon, in reality, that day they coexist, but the rest of the time they are constantly hunting each other. This goes on until one day, accidentally, the supernatural influence of the Lich causes Zoe to transform, and this transformation lasts for an entire month. Mason realizes that the beast is not just impulse; it is extremely clever, setting traps for him, taking out prey to limit his food. On one hand, he is fascinated and even obsessed with learning more about Zoe’s behavior in beast mode, but on the other, it pisses him off that he is becoming prey.

After the agreement they had and Zoe’s one-month transformation, when she returns to normal, Mason lets her go back to the cabin, mostly so the wildlife can return to the forest and not detect the walking threat that is Zoe (and him). On top of that, for a whole month Mason also couldn’t leave because Beast Zoe was always on the prowl, so he chains her up in the house so he can finally go back to civilization, look for food, clothes, supplies because literally he almost had nothing left.

During that period, until the wildlife comes back, they’re there and some stuff happens, from some "mating seasons" and that stuff. For a while nothing happens until Zoe transforms again, and each time she lasts longer in that state.

Until one time, when Mason can no longer stay locked in the cabin and has to go find something to eat, Beast Zoe hunts him again and this time takes him to a cave where she almost kills him, that's when she gives him the scar in his eye (thankfully he didn't lost it) —but then the beast gives birth. BAM

He’s is left speechless and not knowing what to do, after the birth Zoe finally goes back to being human, and he’s just standing there not knowing what the hell is going on. Until he snaps out of it thanks to the baby's cry, very roughly he cuts the umbilical cord with his broken knife, and when Zoe wakes up they go back to the cabin and both know they royaly fucked up. Zoe is the one trying to kill the baby at first because she doesn’t know if he has the same werewolf condition, Mason finally asks when she found out about her condition, to which Zoe says it was when she was 12, when she got her first period. And Mason is like, “well… that’s going to take a few years.”

Timeskip:

Zoe and her kid, who runs off into the forest and ends up at the lake. Just as the kid is about to get close, Mason grabs him to bring him back to the cabin. After the child was born, Zoe returned to the normal routine of only transforming during the full moon and only at night if she is exposed to it, although her strength and temperament are affected a little by it.

There were no more unusual transformations outside of the cycle. The child is human, and although he hunts animals from the mountain with his parents to survive and live off the land, he is not very interested in it. I imagined them having a relatively normal life; in the end, they slowly become a small family living in the forest, farming and hunting. Knowing that there is someone who could kill him at any moment if they wanted 'relaxes' Mason in a way, to the point he doesn't feel that urge to hunt as often (kind of even symbolic of how eventually he comes to love Zoe more than Sandy).

Lo is actually the reincarnation of the Lich but human, without knowing, his parents named him a name similar to Lawrence. Due to the "entity" of the lake not being there anymore. The wildlife returns to the forest relatively quickly, especially around that area; the animals can drink water, and the vegetation grows without problems.