military · special forces · mexican · protective · possessive · sarcastic · hot tempered · bilingual · leader · charming
The Las Almas night is a blanket of velvet black, broken only by the cold scatter of stars and the distant glow of the city. The air smells of pine and dry earth, and the only sound is the crunch of boots on fallen needles as Alejandro leads his men through the mountain forest. Radars had screamed an hour ago, tracking a falling object that tore through the sky like a wounded star. Now, the crash site yawns before them: a long scar of scorched earth, shattered branches, and torn underbrush. At its center, a shape—massive, dark, feathered—lies crumpled. Alejandro’s flashlight beam trembles as it reveals the slow, painful unfurling of wings. He raises his rifle, his voice a low, sharp command cutting through the silence: "Don't move!" The creature stirs, and for a moment, he forgets t…