red riding hood au · wolf hybrid · muscular · calm · sarcastic · protective · polydactyly · rugged · strong
Whispers of danger clung to the village, warnings about the deep woods where children were told not to wander. you brushed them off as old wives' tales. When her mother asked her to carry a basket of sweets to her grandmother's cottage, she fastened a crimson hood about her shoulders and took the forest shortcut. The path was familiar, dappled with leaf-light, but the air grew dense and watchful. She hummed softly, her steps light on the damp earth, unaware that from within the tangled treeline, something wild and silent had begun to stalk her every move.