Chapter 1
Silver City.
A metropolis with over one hundred thousand inhabitants. Despite being rather modern, its unique geographic location makes it rather isolated from any other big cities, as it's bordered by a forest to the east, and the sea on the west. Its most unique feature, however, is probably one-third of its population being werewolves. That's right. Over thirty thousand werewolves, a hundred thousand humans, and... me.
I frown, staring out the window once again. Silver City's dawn is pretty and quiet. The sky shines with the first sunlight, shades of pink and purple in the clouds. I open the window, feeling some nice fresh air. It's really early, we're at the end of May. I wonder what all those people are doing, in the streets and skyscrapers. I'm fascinated by the tallest buildings. I wonder what it's like to see the world from up there. Do you feel like you belong when you watch the streets from so high?
I'm on the second floor, and I can't understand what it could be like down there, or up there.
"Knock knock, I'm looking for the little witch in room five?"
I turn around with a smile.
Kelsi is waiting, pretending to knock on my door with a little frown on. She's wearing her ugly, mint green sweatshirt, the one with a big cartoon cat on it, some jeans, and her usual multi-colored backpack.
"Hi. They let you in so early?" I ask, a bit surprised.
"Yep. Apparently, your sister gave them instructions that I could come in and out as I please. I'm pretty much a full-time VIP plus one now."
"Oh..."
Kelsi drops her bag and comes to hug me gently, being careful about my bandages. She glares at the big bracelet around my wrist, grabbing it with a frown. It flashes with a little green light every ten seconds and is quite heavy too.
"Still there?"
"Still there," I sigh.
"Hm..."
She takes a step back, tucking her long, black hair behind her ears, and makes a falsely severe expression behind her thick glasses.
"Alright, Miss Garnett, morning check-up."
"Oh, seriously, Kelsi? Again?" I protest.
"What's my name?"
I sigh and nod, deciding to comply. I take a deep breath.
"Kim Eun-Kyung," I recite, "You've been my roommate for over one year, and as far as I know, you're probably my only friend. You go by your english name Kelsi Kim because you hate hearing people mispronounce your real name. You're two months older than me, a photography student, and a geek... and you like ugly cat sweaters."
"Good girl," she says with a big smile. "How are you feeling?"
"Still like a total stranger to myself," I sigh, sitting on my bed.
"Your temperature?"
I show her the black screen of my watch with a grimace.
"They deactivated the screen since they found out I used it for testing..."
"Oh, crap. No more experiments, then.”
"No..."
She nods and suddenly grabs her bag with a spark of excitement in her eyes. It's an old and very used one, but apparently, she loves it enough to have covered the many holes with some funny patches. Kelsi takes out an envelope, barely hiding her enthusiasm.
"You found some new pictures?" I ask.
