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nodded his head at Emma before he headed towards the door.
     
    “I’m only passing through, Sheriff.” 
     
    The sheriff stepped outside and into his patrol car, making his way towards the station, just like every other day. Emma went back into the backroom, hoping that Travis was a decent man who wouldn’t try to steal anything from her. Not that she had much to steal.
     
    She squashed the dough into baking pans, then placed them in her industrial oven. Next, she began to clean her mess up. The only down side of having a bakery was the amount of mess that came along with the duties.
     
    “Excuse me, Emma?”
     
    “Yeah?” she answered, making her way out of the backroom to where Travis placed his plate and mug on one of the counters. She was astounded by how handsome Travis was. The man was incredibly tall and had ever so wide shoulders.
     
    “May I have ten of those to go? Also is there a hotel where I can stay? I’ve been on the road for too long,” he said. He leaned against the counter, but unlike when the Sheriff leaned on it, it didn’t make any noise.
     
    “Of course. If you head down this road, on the left from Daisy’s Flowers, is a motel. There aren’t many visitors here so only a small place is needed,” Emma spoke, as she placed the cinnamon rolls into a box and tied it with a ribbon to keep the box closed. Travis paid her the money before he tipped his head at her.
     
    “I’ll be seeing you, Emma.” With that parting remark, he left the bakery and disappeared down the road.
     
    Thursday was usually her busiest days and she barely had a chance to sit down the whole day. She was grateful when closing time came and she could head upstairs to her home. Conveniently, she lived above the shop. Not only was it easier for her to get to her shop, but she could also carry anything she made at home the short distance without the fear of dropping it.
     
    The full moon was getting closer and closer and Emma could feel it in her entire being. Her body was craving to change into the beast that had been inflicted on her almost six months ago. She shook her head and locked the door behind her. Then, she padded over to the bathroom, since a cold shower always helped her feel better.
     
    As she stepped into the shower, she reflected back to that fateful night.
     
    She was heading home from college at the time it happened.
     
    It was nearly midnight by the time she got off the bus that night. She was walking down the alley towards her home when she was jumped. She tried screaming, but the man had put a hand over her mouth and told her to shut the fuck up.
     
    The man dragged her into a nearby park, but his movements were jerky, like he was trying to hold something back. Emma knew that if he took her into a public place, then she would have a better chance of getting away. She was horrified when her kidnapper pulled her further into the woods that surrounded the park.
     
    Things kept getting weirder and weirder when the man shoved her to the ground in front of four other men. She wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but she was scared and she knew that it wasn’t going to be a good thing.
     
    “You’ve chosen well, Michael.” The largest man nodded his head before the man called Michael dropped her to the ground. Then, the large man grabbed her by her hair and smiled at her.
     
    “We’re going to make you into one of us.”
     
    “W-What do you mean?” Emma was trying her hardest not to show that she was frightened, but she was surrounded by five men and they were all intimidating. She knew that if she tried to get away, there would be no chance for her in the slightest.
     
    She watched in amazement as the large man held his hand out and claws extended from his nails. Emma cried out in pain, as those claws scratched down the front of her chest, tearing her shirt apart, and cutting her skin so blood spilled down her now naked chest.
     
    “We’ll find you before the full moon, wolf.”