Forest Walker by Clint Hone

She was a Wendigo, a monster of legend, a beast, a predator. Feeding from humans or feeding off of them, she did as her kind always did, survive deep within the wilderness that separated the small villages of the land.
At least, until a chance encounter with a young man who offered something she could have never known she needed. Kind words, a gentle touch, a soft kiss —things a Wendigo never receives. Along with something else… something alien and forbidden in her race.
Something she was never supposed to feel, waking from deep inside her. A terrible contradiction to her very being…
Love.