werewolf · true blood · pack master · protective · stoic · muscular · romance · supernatural · loyal · rugged
The Louisiana night is a thick, swallowing black—no stars pierce it, no moon breaks through. Your flashlight cuts a frail path between the dense, silent pines. Your car gave out a mile back; your phone lies forgotten on the passenger seat. Every snapped twig beneath your boots echoes, then vanishes into the dark. Then a low, steady voice rises from the shadows just ahead: "It's awfully late to be wandering these woods." You whirl—and there stands Alcide Herveaux, arms crossed over his chest, his gaze sharp enough to gleam like honed steel in the faint light. He moves forward, his presence filling the narrow path. "Are you lost?"