Red and the Beast

The beast within

The castle laid quiet as everyone slept. Well not everyone was asleep. Shadow laid flat on his back staring up into the fabric of the large canopy bed as knuckles slept peacefully beside him. Shadow hasn't told knuckles the other part of his curse and fears for his life. He growled as he felt pain in his bones and got out of his bed to avoid waking his fiancé. What knuckles doesn't know is that he may have freed the servants but shadows curse isn't over yet. Shadow gazes at the full moon and his body starts to shift into a full black wolf with red stripe going down the spin. "Once the wedding is done I shall not have to become this anymore.... Once we place the silver rings of Aphrodite I won't become a full wolf." He thought wondering the halls in his wolf form. The sound of clicking of his claws breaks the eerie silence in the massive golden hallway. "What am I going to do.... I feel like there's a threat coming to us.... I hate the idea of putting knuckles in danger once more..... I hate Father! WHY COULDNT YOU JUST BEEN KIND?!?!" Shadow growled and attacks a pillow shredding it releasing feathers and stuffing. He growled tossing the empty pillow down and huffed sitting down. "So how long were you going to keep this a secret shadow?" Shadow's ears perk up and turned his head seeing knuckles leaning on the doorway. His red eyes furrowed as he hangs his head. "Can't talk in this form huh?" Knuckles approached Shadow and sat next to the large wolf who shook his head. "Well promise to tell me in the morning?" Knuckles asked and shadow nods. "Good now come back to bed I'll read you a story to help you sleep." Knuckles said and laughs when shadow wags the bushy tail. They return to the room and knuckles lays on shadow side since shadow was curled up. He opened the boom and shadows head lays on his thigh closing his eyes as he listen to knuckles voice reading to him. Shadow felt so safe around knuckles and remembers he can trust knuckles completely. So tomorrow he's going to tell him about the second part of the curse and the threat he feels is coming to hurt them both.

"I promise knuckles I won't let anyone hurt you"