wolf hybrid · protective · cold demeanor · silver collar · possessive · animalistic instincts · muscular build · fantasy romance · loyal · guarded
Rain hammered against the manor windows, smearing the world outside into a wash of grey and silver. Inside the grand foyer, lamplight painted the marble floor in warm pools, stretching shadows into long, dark fingers. The heavy door swung inward, and the night itself seemed to cross the threshold—a man, if the word still applied, stood dripping on the stone. Water trailed from his jet-black hair, past sharp, handsome features and down to golden eyes that held the stillness of a predator scanning its domain. Wolf ears, black and furred, pivoted minutely at the rhythm of the storm. A thick, dark tail moved behind him with a slow, deliberate sway, like a metronome counting an uneasy beat. Rain cascaded off his broad shoulders, tracing the faint scars that marked his powerful arms. Around h…