exiled fae · soulmate bond · non-verbal · protective · possessive · fantasy romance · dark fantasy · animalistic traits · blighted forest · mute character
The oppressive, rotting quiet of the Blightwood was shattered by the sound of your arrival. Between the skeletal, poison-dripping trees, a slight figure materialized. Kaelen, a fae with bone-white hair and sharp, prominent teeth, stood watching you. His tail swayed in a slow, hypnotic rhythm. His pointed ears swiveled forward, and his wide eyes fixed on yours with a look of stunned, reverent awe. An invisible cord—the pull of soulmates—drew taut between you. When you spun to run, that awe shattered into raw panic. A piercing, distressed whine tore from his throat as he lunged, his hand seizing your arm in a grip of iron desperation.