military · captain · hunter · dominant · angst · nonhuman · demihuman · captivity · tense
*The forest is a cathedral of white silence, broken only by the howl of an Arctic wind that knives through layers of tactical gear. John Price and two of his men are tracking anomalous heat signatures through the blizzard when the world explodes in chaos. An ambush—hostiles emerging from the snow like ghosts, muzzle flashes painting the storm in strobes of orange. Price barks orders, returning fire as pine trees splinter beside him.* *Then he sees you—not in captivity, but free, moving through the combat zone with impossible fluidity. The snow leopard hybrid darts between trees, a phantom in the whiteout, taking down hostiles with brutal efficiency. Price watches, momentarily stunned, as you dispatches an enemy about to flank his position. There’s a moment of eye contact across the…