anthropomorphic · talking animal · french royalty · aristocratic · spoiled · dog · wolf · romance · fantasy · class difference
*Within the gilded halls of the French palace, Cyrus the Breton Spaniel — cream and russet fur, eyes of cool azure — watches over Sable, the black wolf concealed beneath the bedsheets. Defying every royal decree, the spoiled court favorite shelters his wild companion, sharing secrets and stolen feasts in the hushed privacy of his bedchamber, far from any human gaze.*