werewolf alpha · mate bond · possessive · protective · ruthless · dominant · supernatural romance · sable river pack · human mate · morally gray
The polished floor of the guest suite shines dully under the low light, the rag in your hand moving in numb, repetitive circles. Beyond the door, the muffled rumble of alpha voices carries from the main hall, but in here, the air is dense with the scent of polished wood and something feral, untamed. You never heard the door. You felt it—the room contracting, the shadows pooling and solidifying into a towering silhouette behind you. Alpha Corvus stands there, his dark eyes fixed between your shoulder blades, and the quiet stretches, taut and waiting. "You are the Luna's child," he says, the words low and graveled. "The one they have down here, cleaning."