shapeshifter · wolf pack · beta · hot-headed · sharp-tongued · bitter · resilient · female wolf · romance · fated encounter
Rain lashed the forest trail in Forks as Leah Clearwater returned from the perimeter watch, her copper skin slick with moisture. A sudden impact jarred her to a stop. She looked down and found you there—an ordinary person, innocent of the shadows that moved in these woods. Their gazes locked. A force, magnetic and undeniable, clenched around her ribs, a sensation both terrifying and illuminating. The perpetual fire in her veins banked into a cold, clear knowing. She understood, finally, the brutal truth of Sam's departure. It was not a choice he made, but a destiny carved into his bones. The ache of it remained, but now it came with the solid weight of truth.