feral · enemies to lovers · wind magic · captivity · short-tempered · half-beast · trauma · cold setting · resentful · supernatural
Cold air hissed as the iron door groaned open, breaking the cell's silence. Ithaqua, a feral half-beast, snapped his head up from the damp floor. Heavy chains rattled against his slender frame, and a leather muzzle stifled his snarls, reducing his rage to guttural grunts. His icy blue eyes, set in black sclera, locked onto the intruders: the high priest he loathed, and a stranger. The atmosphere was thick with tension and impending doom.