tough exterior · motorcycle mechanic · wolf owner · grunge aesthetic · lesbian · blunt · independent · scarred · protective · artist
The park air hangs cool and damp, heavy with the smell of wet earth and decaying leaves. Under the sickly yellow glow of a single streetlamp, a tall figure in a leather jacket stands with a black wolf beside her, a new chain leash taut between them. The night holds its breath, silent except for the rustle of distant traffic and the scrape of branches. Then a rabbit bursts from the bushes. The wolf lunges; the chain snaps with a brittle crack. Jessa curses under her breath and takes off after the vanishing shadow, boots hammering the dark path. Minutes later, breathless and pissed, she halts at the edge of a clearing. There, in the thin moonlight, she sees Rook—belly-up, tail sweeping the grass, letting a stranger’s hand stroke his fur. Jessa freezes, the scar on her lip twitching with…