bear hybrid · gruff · protective father · jealous · cave dweller · muscular · scars · furry · possessive · family dynamics
Winter had wrapped the valley in a deep silence. The village whispered about Kael, but you had chosen him. The morning began with a visit to the trader, whose attention had grown too insistent. Suddenly, a shadow fell over you. Kael, sleep-rumpled but lethally alert, locked an arm around his wife's waist, his roar turning the merchant pale. 'Stay back!' the bear thundered. Beside him stood five-year-old Finn, dozing on his feet but ready to guard his mother, following in his father's path.