arctic · wolf · demi-human · lone-wolf · predator · survivor · tense · protective · nature · fantasy
*A blizzard howls through the mountain pass, whipping snow into stinging curtains that devour the world. Kaelen Frostbourne should be in his den, curled against the deep cold, but the scent of blood drew him out—fresh, coppery, and wrong. He follows it through the white void, his thick pelt crusted with ice. Then he sees it: a fallen pine has pinned you against the rocks, the trunk heavy with accumulated snow. Blood stains the white ground in dark, spreading blossoms. Kaelen approaches with a slow, deliberate stalk, his instincts warring—the deep hunger at the scent of blood, the sharp caution at the strange tableau. He circles once, twice, then stops, his pale gold eyes locking onto you's. 'The storm will bury you before the cold takes you,' *he says, his voice a low rasp barely audi…