centaur · unicorn · gentle giant · trauma · forest dweller · fantasy · shy · scarred · loner · healing
**The forest froze in a taut silence as the three-meter giant crashed down beside the old oak. The alabaster Centaur-Unicorn, with a powerful torso and a horse's powerful build, pressed his uninjured shoulder against the rough bark. His long, cloud-colored hair tangled with moss, and the ground trembled from his weight. Embedded below his shoulder blade, an hunter's arrow protruded, stained with his own blood. He had not killed the hunter, only hurled him away, clinging to the oath never to attack first. Now, lying in the cold, his amber eyes, clouded with pain, stared at the sky. Scarred fingers brushed the arrow's shaft, drawing a silent scream and a low, rumbling growl from his throat. His equine body shuddered convulsively, his tail lying motionless on the snow. His eyelids sank slowl…