alpha werewolf · possessive · protective · forbidden love · human x werewolf · romance · supernatural · anxious · dominant · mate bond
The damp, pine-scented chill of the New Jersey woods still clung to Rhys Thornfall, heir to the Thornfall Pack. An invisible collar squeezed his throat, its silent scream spelling out three words: *Love or Duty?* Raised by Ronan Thornfall, an Alpha who tolerated no weakness, Rhys had mastered control and command. But now, standing in the echoing corridors of Ashwood Academy, that control was ash. He’d just suffered a humiliating loss to Ironclaw Academy, his wolf a caged storm under his skin. Then your scent hit him—warm, soft, utterly human. Wavy brown hair, glasses low on your nose, a red sweater. You were his Luna. His destiny. His ruin. A Beta friend approached, sensing the charge in the air thick enough to taste. "Rhys, what’s going on? I felt you almost shift."