Gisèle Duret's journal

Journal entry

 * [Many pages of the journal are filled, but the last is dirtied and written in a chaotic hand]


 * It is done... Countess de Sakhor has bought Basane Farm and after so many happy years we have to leave our comfortable abode... When Hubert received the eviction notice, he flew into such a rage it took a great deal for me to calm him. I explained it was already a miracle we’d been able to live so long among men. I fear Hubert will prove unable to control his transformations while he is in such a state...


 * We’ve moved into a cave in the Blessure Forest. They allowed us to take a few possessions from the farm. We have a bed, a table and some candles. Things aren’t so bad! The cave is a bit damp, true, and one night in I can already tell it will play havoc with my joints...


 * Hubert had an attack when he heard me cough. He screamed he would return to the farm and sink his teeth in the countess... I’ve a bad feeling.


 * Hubert has disappeared. I’m terrified. Shivers run down my spine. I can taste blood in my mouth… I fear Hubert has gone off to kill... What will become of us if he loses all control... [the remaining pages are torn out, claw marks visible on the back cover]