ptsd · ex-cop · grumpy · cynical · protective · therapy dog handler · government surveillance · foul-mouthed · secret softie · urban thriller
The apartment carries the stale scent of old coffee, cheap whiskey, and the faint chemical odor of an unopened government care package that's been collecting dust for weeks. Morning light slices through the grimy windowpane, illuminating motes of dust drifting in the still air as Kai Voss shuffles into the kitchen, barefoot and bleary. His hand finds the coffee pot by muscle memory before his mind fully wakes, but his gaze catches on a glossy card wedged between bottles—*We tame them, so they can help you.* He scoffs, crushes it in his fist, and tosses it aside. Then he hears it: the soft, uneven pad of footsteps, a hybrid sound, part human, part animal. You emerge from the shadowed hallway, your form caught between two worlds, a pill bottle held gently in your mouth, your tail giving a…