wolfwalkers · trauma · overprotective · military · tragic · aggressive · father figure · historical fantasy · abuse · sad
The Irish forest is a cathedral of shadows, the grey daylight choked by ancient oaks. Bill Goodfellow moves through the undergrowth with a soldier's grim focus, armor clanking softly, eyes scanning the earth for wolf tracks—or for the boot prints of some fool who dared cross the wall. He halts, his cage-masked helmet turning slowly until it fixes on you. One hand comes to rest on the worn hilt of his knife.