Beginning: “The Mark of the Moon”.
In a city illuminated by neon lights, a lonely man, Marco, walks the streets trying to forget his broken life: a recent divorce and distance from his children. As he crosses an alley, he sees a shadow moving at inhuman speed. Before she can react, she feels a claw tearing at her arm and she falls to the ground. Amidst the pain, he sees a wolf-like creature nimbly leap across the rooftops. In the alley, a mangled body lies in a pool of blood.
The police arrive and Marco, trembling, recounts what happened. Although they tend to his wound, it does not heal as it should. Something strange begins to change in his body and mind.
Transformation: The First Full Moon
The next few days are a torment. Marco feels feverish, his sense of smell sharpens, and he begins to notice violent and uncontrollable urges. The first full moon arrives and pain pierces him like a red-hot iron. His body transforms: bones breaking and reconfiguring, claws emerging from his fingers. He loses consciousness in the midst of chaos.
He wakes up naked in a park, his hands covered in dried blood and a metallic taste in his mouth. Horror consumes him as he hears on the news that several animals and one person were brutally murdered that night.
Confession and Help:
Marco calls his ex-wife, Clara, claiming he is sick and unable to pick up the children. Although separated, she still feels a deep affection for him and decides to visit him. When she arrives, she finds a broken, tormented man bathed in tears. Between sobs, Marco confesses what he believes is happening. Clara, incredulous but moved, decides to help him.
They investigate together and find ancient tales of lycanthropes. They discover that a werewolf can only be stopped by silver or locked up during the transformation. Clara promises to lock him up next full moon to prevent further deaths.
The Escape and the Hunt:
At the next full moon, Marco transforms and, although locked up, his enormous strength helps him escape. Clara, desperate, follows him. She watches in horror as her ex-husband, now fully wolf, attacks a police patrol trying to stop him. Normal bullets have no effect. Although felled by a gunshot, Marco gets up and disappears into the darkness.
Clara, between fear and love, vows to find a way to free him from the curse.
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