Revenge of the Shadows

Prologue

April 22nd, 1763

Agatha,

Since the beginning of time, wild animals roamed the face of the earth. Each one unique and deserving in their own right to call our planet home. Alas, humankind has deviated away from this delicate balance of life. They made ungodly advances, tore through homes, burned at the stake, carcassed their cousins for eye-pleasing pelts. Humans are truly the most dangerous animal in the world, and yet we are the ones being slain. As you have learned by now, my love, I'm unlike you. I can shape and twist my body in unbelievable ways. Lions, wolves, giant birds, quaking deer, other hooved and pawed animals. No mammal is too far out of my abilities. I realize now, upon exposure to Redford, that It's my duty to lead my kind to safety. This is all I can do now, my love. If our kind are to survive, we need a leader. I do believe this is my fate. I ask only one thing of you.

Forget me, forget that I, and my kin, ever existed. Do this and maybe one day, decades or centuries in the future, my kind may return to human civilization with the promise of peace. I will be long dead by then, my love, so please fulfil this request in service to me, your husband. I leave my heart here with you.

-Manachi