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All I have ever known is my brothers and my cousin, Joslyn. I see how happy she is, and I want that for myself. 
    We have finally reached our destination. I park the boat and Pierre and Zander tie it to the tree. Once the boat is secure, we all strip down and shift. In a matter of seconds, we are in gator form. We inch toward the water and slowly ease ourselves in. The water is cool to the touch and feels perfect running along our scaled skin. We slowly creep in the water toward the far end of the channel. At the end of the channel is an opening of embankment. This spot is usually where someone will commit a crime. Tonight we lie in wait in the water until someone is stupid enough to try and kill someone and dump the body. Hopefully, we can stop them before it happens. We get close enough to the bank where we are still in the water, but still hidden so no one can see us. 
    When in our gator form, we are white. So, hiding at night in the murky waters comes easily. It is Sebastien’s turn to take down the criminal. Even though we are quadruplets, he was born last. And is, for all intents and purposes, the baby. Tonight, he is in the lead. He will earn his rights this night as our brother, and will be able to hunt with us from now on. If he takes the killer down.
    Not that he hasn’t hunted with us before, just tonight is special for him. We are letting him lead, and we never let him do that.
    We wait patiently for several hours. Finally, we see headlights coming this way. We go under the water, but we are still at the surface, watching. A tall, lanky looking man gets out of the driver’s seat and goes over to the passenger door and opens it.
    He pulls a woman from the front seat; she is beaten and bloody from him beating her senseless. How do I know this? Well, I can see it in her heart and his. When in gator form, we can sense a person’s emotions, sometimes their deepest darkest secrets, if they leave themselves open, which they usually do. He drags her by her hair to the water’s edge. Sebastien eases himself closer to the bank, unbeknownst to the man.
    Sebastien is being cautious and vigilant, at the same time; both things he has to do. He does not want to strike too early. He has to strike when the man is going to make the step to finish what he has started.
    “You stupid cunt! You are going to pay this time. I will no longer tolerate your carelessness anymore. You were told time and time again to obey my every command. You are a worthless piece of shit of a woman. Your pussy is too loose and reeks of old, stinking fish for my tastes, anyway. Why I took you in, I will never understand. But from this night on, no one will miss you. You have no family to come and rescue you,” he sneers.
    “Please, Master, I will do anything you say from now on. Just please spare me,” the woman begs.
    “Never! I will not spare you. You will be food for the gators.” he seethes.
    He walks over to the trunk of the car and grabs and axe from the trunk. Sebastien makes himself visible to the woman. She looks at him and smiles. She knows what the white alligator means. If you see one, you have been given a second chance at life. You will be free from the chains that are holding you down. The man slowly walks back over to the woman and she screams in fear for her life. He raises the axe high above his hand and strikes a warning strike close to her. She is quivering in fear on the ground, waiting for her life to be over. 
    All it is going to take is one strike with that axe anywhere on her body and then she is done for. He chooses to stand there and torment her, waiting on him to strike true. He stands there holding the axe, shaking in his boots. The power he has over her is empowering him. He craves the fear he creates when he hits her every night. He takes great pride in taking her every night for everyone to see. She lives in constant fear, wondering when he will snap and just kill her. Tonight is that night. I can see all of this