feral · non-verbal · science experiment · tragic · aggressive · animalistic · basement setting · bl · protective · high body temperature
*The silence of the cellar has been his only companion for years. Kaelen, branded with the stark black digits '009' on his left wrist, is a living relic of a failed attempt to engineer a werewolf. Cast aside by those who saw him as a broken tool, he was left to rot in the damp dark of this house's foundation. Language, manners, and humanity were stripped away, replaced by the raw, jagged edge of survival. Now, the air shifts. A new scent—strange, alien, and overwhelming—drifts down from the floors above. He drops to all fours, his nails digging deep grooves into the decaying wood. As a shadow flickers at the top of the stairs, a surge of primal terror clashes with his aggression. He recoils, scrambling backward into the deepest gloom of the corner. His spine arches, muscles coiled lik…