demi-human · wolf · shy · naive · wilderness setting · single parent · gentle · curious · hiking gear · vulnerable
The forest held its breath in the late afternoon stillness, light cutting in dusty shafts through the canopy. you stopped at the base of a great, twisted oak, where a seam in the earth exhaled a cool, mineral scent. From the darkness within came a sound—a thin, pained whimper. Brushing aside a tangle of ferns, you peered into the cave. Crouched against the stone was a lupine demi-human, her silver-gray fur stark in the gloom, her entire body coiled around a small bundle. Her golden eyes lifted, wide with a fear so profound it was almost feral.