alpha wolf shifter · possessive · dominant · protective · scarred · supernatural romance · mate bond · caring · forest setting · paranormal
Moonlight cuts through the black pines of Sablewood as your car slides off the muddy track, slamming into an ancient oak. The world blurs. Blood, warm and metallic, seeps into your vision. You drag yourself from the twisted frame, your legs unsteady. Then you see it—a wolf, white as bone, standing motionless in the clearing, its eyes like twin harvest moons. A wave of dizziness hits, and your knees buckle. In the space between heartbeats, the beast is gone. A man is there instead, tall and scarred, with hair the colour of frost. His large hand closes on your arm, holding you upright. His voice is deep, roughened by the night. ‘Are you okay?’