Red Riding Hood Page #4

Come with me before the sun rises.

Make your decision.

I won't let you destroy my home.

- I'll go with you.

- Don't! Valerie. No.

If you promise to leave them alone.

No. I won't let you

sacrifice yourself for us.

- Nor will I.

- Nor will I.

I stand by Valerie.

You can't hide from me.

- Aah!

- The witch will still burn!

Under the Blood Moon...

...a man bitten is a man cursed.

My children will be orphaned.

My brother...

...had children too.

I meant only to serve.

To protect us from darkness.

Under the Blood Moon...

...a man bitten is a man cursed.

Where's Peter?

Where's Peter?

Grandmother.

What big eyes you have.

The better to see you with, my dear.

Grandmother, what big ears you have.

The better to hear you with, my dear.

What big teeth you have.

The better to eat you with, my dear.

Valerie. What are you doing out of bed?

I was so worried.

It looks much better.

Where are you going?

To Grandmother's.

I think she's in danger.

We're going after the wolf

before the storm can cover its tracks.

It'll be human again

and we can finally kill it.

And I have...

What? Tell me.

Peter is still missing.

I'll do what I have to do.

Please be careful.

Valerie.

Thank God you're all right.

Where were you?

I was trapped in that brazen beast all night.

I finally broke out.

Don't come near me.

Valerie, what?

You don't believe me?

I'll hurt you.

No, you won't.

Please don't.

Grandmother!

Grandmother, are you all right?

I had a nightmare.

- Ah!

- I'm fine.

I just woke up.

There's some soup if you're hungry.

- I think the wolf is out there.

- It's all right, darling. We're safe in here.

Eat up. Remember:

- "All sorrows are less with bread."

- "Less with bread."

That's right.

Eat up, my dear.

What is this?

Father, what are you doing here?

Where's Grandmother?

I had no choice.

She finally realized what I am.

How could you do this?

Sit down.

Sit down.

Oh, Valerie.

I've been so disrespected.

I've settled for far less than I deserve.

So I decided I'd leave.

For the city.

For richer hunting grounds.

Why didn't you just leave?

Because I loved you girls.

I wanted you to come with me.

- But you had to wait for the Blood Moon.

- Yes.

By birthright...

...the gift would go first

to my eldest daughter.

So I forged a letter.

But when I tried to speak to her...

Henry's not coming, Lucie.

- She didn't understand me.

Any offspring of mine with my wolf

blood would've been able to do so.

And then it all made sense.

Lucie couldn't be my daughter.

Your mother lied to me.

But you knew that already, didn't you?

After all these years of being so clever

and so careful, I just lost control.

I'm sorry for Lucie.

You took revenge on Mother.

And her lover.

Henry smelled the wolf that night.

And then again yesterday.

He thought the smell

came from your grandmother.

But she had lived

with that smell her whole life.

You see, my father was a wolf too.

The smell remained on his clothing.

Mother never knew what it meant...

...till the moment she died.

I loved her.

Her and Lucie both.

I never wanted to hurt them.

Valerie, come with me.

It's the last day of the Blood Moon.

One bite, and you'll be like me.

I won't do what you do.

I can't.

Yes, you can, Valerie.

My blood already

courses through your veins.

It's a gift.

It's a gift my father gave to me

that now I can give to you.

I'm stronger than he was,

you'll be even stronger than me.

Think about it.

We will be invincible.

There must be a God,

because you're the devil.

And you're the devil's daughter.

You're not so terrifying

when the sun is up.

How would you know?

Papa!

I have something for you.

Peter.

Get me out of here.

Ow.

He bit me.

When the moon rises...

...I'll be like him.

A beast.

Everything I knew was ripped apart.

I saw it all differently.

All the lies. My mother's, my father's.

He was all I had left.

Peter.

Even when I doubted him...

...even when I wounded him...

...Peter was true.

I'm so sorry.

No one can know about your father.

They'll hang you...

...for being the daughter of the wolf.

Peter.

I have to leave.

You won't be safe with me...

...until I learn how to protect you from...

I'll wait for you.

I thought you'd say that.

It was the most brutal winter

I could remember.

With time, my mother finally realized

that Father would never return.

Henry found his courage.

He chose a life of honor,

protecting us from darkness.

Daggerhorn fell back

into its old rhythms.

The wolf didn't come back.

But the village still lived in fear.

It was the only life they knew.

I could no longer live there.

I felt more freedom

in the shadows of the forest.

To live apart carries its own dangers.

But of those...

...I am less afraid.

Valerie.

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