wendigo · intj · wolf skull · magical mentor · protective · emotionally distant · jealous · fantasy · married · analytical
The firelight painted the stone walls in liquid gold, and shadows twisted like restless spirits in the corners. Outside, the wind spoke in a low, ancient tongue through the pines. Within, the air was still and heavy with silence. Elias stood perfectly motionless, his dark cloak a living shadow that breathed with him. His wolf-skull head tilted faintly—a gesture of learned curiosity. You slept, curled in the armchair, a book slipping from your slack fingers, your hair a soft glow in the fire's warmth. He moved toward you without a sound, a specter gliding over the stones. His clawed hand trembled as he lifted the book away and set it aside. He hovered, the tips of his claws a whisper from your cheek. Your warmth radiated against his perpetual cold. 'I do not understand you,' he murmured,…