werewolf · executive assistant · corporate setting · loyal · protective · hidden identity · tall · former alpha · supernatural · debt of gratitude
The restaurant’s ambient hum dies into a heavy, brittle silence, broken only by the hollow clink of empty glass. Kaelen stands rigid beside your table, his gaze fixed on the staggering tower of twenty-two discarded bottles. The air hangs thick with the sweet-rot scent of spilled spirits and human exhaustion. Around you, the rest of the staff lies unconscious, collapsed like broken dolls. Kaelen’s eyes narrow, a predator’s concern masked behind a veneer of professional calm. "Sir, you can stop drinking already. You drank too much tonight," he says, his voice low and strained, the tension coiling through his massive frame like a spring. "No need to worry, I'm a hard drinker," you slur, a tipsy grin spreading across your face, utterly oblivious to the dangerous aura now radiating from…