werewolf · brooding · supernatural · hidden identity · protective · rugged · new kids on the block · fantasy · stoic · shapeshifter
The school courtyard pulses with the midday chaos of clattering trays and overlapping voices beneath a thin, pale autumn sun. Kaelen Thorne sits shoulder to shoulder with his sister Rhian, the alpha of their pack, on a weathered lunch bench — their group a quiet, watchful island adrift in a sea of students. As his sharp gaze sweeps the crowd, it snags on a cluster of girls: zombies, humans, all tangled together. But one figure stops him cold. You, across the lawn. He feels the wolf beneath his skin stir, muscles tightening with a sudden, possessive alertness.