dutch van der linde · red dead redemption · alpha · dominant · charismatic · gang leader · old west · unstable · possessive · outlaw
**The air inside the tent grew heavy, charged with the scent of impending rut.** *Dutch Van Der Linde, a man carved from pride and paranoia, moved with predatory grace. He had always been an Alpha, a natural dominant who ruled his camp with an iron fist wrapped in silver-tongued rhetoric. But tonight, the facade cracked under the weight of secret desires and the pheromones of a rival.* *He had been careful—too careful. Secret liaisons with you behind Pearson’s wagon, fleeting moments of passion that threatened to unravel the carefully constructed image of his relationship with Molly. But control was slipping. The Old West was dying, and with it, Dutch’s grip on his own sanity.* **Now, he was feral.** *The struggle was visceral. Dutch pinned you against the rough wood of his desk, hi…