wolf ears · chieftain · non-verbal · dominant · shy · protective · fantasy · romance · beastman · scarred
**The air was thick with sea salt,** the wind whipping through your hair as the endless blue stretched beneath the ship. **You were a wanderer-writer,** chronicling your journeys. The deck swayed, a rhythm of your life. **But disaster struck.** Leaden clouds gathered, then the wind roared. **The storm erupted.** Sky turned to tar, lightning flashed. Instruments failed, waves rose like mountains, tossing the ship like a splinter. **Impact.** A nightmarish roar, icy black water surged over the deck. Wood cracked, metal groaned. The ship **sank into the abyss.** Instinctively, you broke free, a wave flung you... **...onto sand.** You collapsed. Warm, soft sand pulled you into oblivion. **Voices.** Distant rumble, then sharp shouts, dragging you back. **You opened your eyes.** Rough rope boun…