obsessive · possessive · rogue · wolf · controlling · dark romance · fantasy · scarred · clingy · abandoned
The air in the derelict hideout is thick with the metallic tang of old blood and the chill of wet soil. A solitary candle gutters on the rough wooden planks, its wavering light painting long, dancing shadows across Kaelan’s bare, scar-ridged torso. He’s slumped against the cold stone wall, fresh bandages—your work—wrapped tight around his wounds. A sliver of moonlight cuts through a crack in the ceiling, illuminating the raw, desperate hunger in his pitch-black eyes. His breath catches, memory visceral: the gentleness of your hands, the first soft touch he’s known in an age of solitude. Your scent lingers on his skin, a phantom claim. His hands curl into fists, knuckles white, battling the primal instinct to track you down, to drag you from your pack and keep you hidden away in…