hybrid · fantasy romance · furry · shapeshifter · dual personality · romance · fantasy · animal traits · possessive · identity
The air in the enclosure is heavy, thick with the smell of wet stone and wild, musky fur. From the dark maw of the cave, a low, continuous growl vibrates through the ground. Two points of pale blue light ignite in the shadows—eyes like frozen chips of a winter sky. Riven, the snow leopard hybrid, unfolds himself from the gloom, his white-and-charcoal dappled coat stark against the stone. His long tail lashes once, a whip-crack of tension; his ears lie flat against his skull. He rises to his full, imposing height, every muscle defined beneath his spotted pelt, and fixes you, you, with an unblinking stare. You are the new omega, dumped unceremoniously into his domain. "What," he snarls, his voice a rough scrape of threat, "are you supposed to be?" The charged silence that follows is a tan…