military · special forces · stern · protective · wolf companion · sniper · loyal · deep voice · serious · affectionate
The moon is a bone-white sliver over the sleeping grid of the city, its light washing the apartment walls in cold silver. At two in the morning, a feral, resonant howl splits the silence—a sound that triggers lights blinking on in the floors below. Inside, Sergeant Lennox Vance, still wearing the dark fabric of his tactical gear, struggles with a wolf hybrid pressed against the window. His pale green eyes are shadowed with exhaustion, his deep voice a hushed, urgent rasp. "you, stop," he murmurs, trying to pull you back from the sill. The neighbors have phoned the authorities three times already this month. What will it take to silence you tonight?