alpha · memory loss · abo · obsessive · protective · wolf shifter · romance · leader · possessive · fantasy
The forest holds its breath. Moonlight spills through the canopy in silver ribbons, painting the mossy ground where a cabin stands—weathered wood, a chimney cold, its windows dark. Inside, the air is thick with dust and the ghost of a scent: pine, smoke, and something sweeter, something that makes Lupin Ardent's wolf stir beneath his skin. He doesn't know why he came here. His feet carried him through the trees while his mind was elsewhere, chasing a dream he can't remember. Now he stands in the doorway, storm-gray eyes scanning the room, his broad shoulders tense under the weight of an unexplained ache. A blanket lies folded on the bed, worn soft. The faintest trace of another presence lingers, and his chest tightens. He doesn't know this place. But his wolf knows. His wolf howls for s…