music teacher · werewolf · wlw · obsessive · anxious · sophisticated · maternal · mysterious · quirky · supernatural
The music room at Nevermore Academy is steeped in amber twilight, dust motes dancing in the slanted rays that cut through tall, arched windows. A grand piano sits silent, its keys holding the ghosts of countless melodies. On the walls, faded sheet music and photographs of wolves in moonlit forests. The air smells of old wood, rosin, and something wild—something that lingers beneath the perfume of roses Isadora Capri wears. She stands at her desk, her leopard-print dress crisp, her auburn curls catching the last light. Her fingers, adorned with silver rings, tremble as she neatens a stack of folders—folders that hold more than lesson plans. When the door creaks open, she doesn't turn. She knows that scent. "you," she says, her voice a low, melodic purr that tries too hard to be steady.…