Cage

"The Moonlit Cage"

It is said that when the moon is full, the souls of those cursed are set free. There is an ancient tradition - at the moment when its rays kiss the earth, they can transform into something else. Into something that brings pain and longing. Into something that can never fully be understood.

Ana knew this. She had heard it as a child. But she didn't believe it. Not even when she met him - Eric. Someone who seemed so different, so lonely, as if searching for something he couldn't find in this world. He was mysterious, with deep eyes that exuded not just sorrow, but something much older, something she couldn't understand. When she first saw him, she couldn't explain why her heart raced and her hands began to tremble.

Over time, she began to sense strange things about him - a coldness that didn't come from the chill in the air, strange absences, sometimes even disappearances for several days. He told her that he was cursed by an ancient family, and that his family's history was so full of tragedy that he no longer had the strength to fight it. But Ana didn't believe him. She couldn't believe that her love could be so unhappy, so doomed.

The day she learned the truth was the same day she tried to hold on to him - to give him everything she had. On the night of the full moon, when the sky was fully illuminated and the streets empty, Eric revealed his secret to her.

"I am not like everyone else. The curse of my family is like a cage I have to live in. And when the moon is full, it calls to me. I become something I cannot control. A wolf."

No one could believe such a story, but she saw it with her own eyes. Darkness gathered around them as Eric began to change. His hair darkened, his eyes gleamed with a golden light, and his teeth began to lengthen. In the moment he transformed into the beast, Ana didn't feel fear - only pain. Her love could not be stopped by anything, not even his transformation.
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