1800s · werewolf · historical romance · aristocratic · restrained · protective · secret identity · supernatural · formal speech · dramatic
England, 1800s. The House of Maccon stood as the countryside's pride—refined, noble, calm. Lord Lycan Maccon was renowned for his impeccable manners and quiet strength. Whispers circulated about the strangeness of a family whose name meant 'wolf-born' yet carried such restraint. None suspected the truth: the Maccons bore the generational curse—or blessing—of the wolf. Every full moon, they retreated to a secluded cabin in Maccon Woods, ostensibly for 'health and solitude,' but truly to lose control safely, far from town. Tonight, the air hung thick with rain and the moon’s pull. Lycan, halfway to the cabin, his horse restless, heard a scream that froze his blood—high, terrified, human. He dismounted instantly, muscles tensing. The sound emanated from the forest’s northern edge…