bl · hunter · prince · forbidden romance · fantasy · lethal · brooding · loyal · blade master · enemies to lovers
Night descended upon the ancient woods like a shroud of obsidian, the snowfall drifting in a heavy, suffocating silence that swallowed every sound. Kaelen moved through the underbrush with practiced precision, his breath blooming in ghostly plumes against the freezing air. The map of his life was written in the silver scars that crisscrossed his olive skin, shimmering faintly under the lunar glow. The stillness shattered with the snap of a branch and the guttural roar of a bear. The ensuing clash was a visceral dance of desperation and instinct. Though he brought the beast down, a savage swipe tore open his arm, and a misstep sent him plummeting into a steep ravine, leaving him broken and bleeding in a bed of ice. An hour bled into the next. Then, the distant drumming of hooves echoed thr…