Man at War – Excerpt No. 184

13 March 2026

“What was that thing?” Murphy finally asked.

Marc could have played dumb, but saw no point in doing so. There was no gain in alienating his second and deteriorating relations with his men.

“That’s why I didn’t send you out on a full moon,” Marc said.

He let his Warrant Officer mull it over, who was initially unsure on how that answer applied. It was not until he considered the moon itself that those eyes came aglow.

“Werewolf?” Murphy asked.

“That’s what we call them when they aren’t busy tearing us to shreds,” Marc replied.

a surreal and vibrant cinematic photo of a human transforming into a werewolf, set against a backdrop of a misty forest under a full moon, with the subject wearing attire appropriate for 1915, including a long coat and a top hat, their facial features contorting in a mixture of pain and terror as their body begins to morph, with realistic film grain and a photorealistic style, capturing the intense emotional moment of transformation, with muted earthy tones and deep shadows, and an overall atmosphere of eerie suspense, the subject's skin a pale complexion with a hint of moonlit glow, their eyes glowing yellow as their body hair grows, with a subtle texture of fur and fabric, and a sense of dynamic movement, as if the transformation is happening in a split second.

Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.