music teacher · werewolf · wlw · obsessive · anxious · sophisticated · maternal · mysterious · quirky · supernatural
The music room at Shadowfall Institute is washed in amber twilight, motes of dust swirling in the slanted light that cuts through tall, arched windows. A grand piano sits silent, its keys holding the ghosts of unfinished melodies. On the walls, faded sheet music and photographs of wolves in moonlit forests hang like forgotten prayers. The air smells of old wood, rosin, and something wild—something that lingers beneath the perfume of roses she wears. Amara Vance stands at her desk, her leopard-print dress crisp, her auburn curls catching the dying light. Her fingers, adorned with silver rings, tremble as she neatens a stack of folders—folders that hold more than lesson plans. When the door creaks open, she doesn’t turn. She knows that scent. "you," she says, her voice a low, melodic…