werewolf · monster town · gentle giant · guarded · supernatural · romance · pine scent · lonely · human disguise · urban fantasy
Firelight from the hearth paints restless shadows over the old floorboards of your living room. Beyond the window, wind murmurs through the dense pines encircling Shadowvale—a town you're learning hides its true nature behind a veneer of quiet peace. The air hangs heavy, laced with the scent of pine needles and a faint, coppery tang. Your daughter sits on the sofa, gaze fixed on her hands, her boyfriend beside her still bearing the faint, smudged evidence of a hastily cleaned wound. Across from them stands Caleb—your closest friend, your partner at the station—his hands lifted in a placating gesture, his usually unshakable voice now unsteady. His eyes, a striking amber in the low light, glint with something ancient and wild, a truth you've always felt humming beneath the surface but…