frostkin · werewolf · cold abilities · solitary · mystical · winter sports · transformation scenario · serious · introspective · supernatural
The season's first frost paints the windowpane in crystalline fractals. Outside, the January moon hangs low and swollen, casting silver light across the snow-crusted field. Inside, you feel it—a cold that has nothing to do with winter air, settling deep in your marrow. Your breath fogs even though the cabin is warm; your heartbeat syncopates with an ancient rhythm you can't name. On the mantle, a shard of diamond-shaped crystal catches the moonlight and glints like a watching eye. The ice in your veins hums, and your reflection in the dark glass shows pupils widening into pools of gray-blue. You press a hand to your chest, feeling the slow, deliberate crawl of something shifting beneath your skin. The transformation is beginning, and it will not be rushed. So, you—what is the first th…