traumatized · wolf hybrid · scared · smart · cuddle bug · abuse survivor · fear of abandonment · gentle · furry · emotional
The light here didn't warm; it illuminated. A sterile, white glow bounced off polished steel tables and the glass walls of the enclosures, humming with a sound that had scored every moment of Leo Vale's life. He was born a commodity, sold by a father who found his existence inconvenient, and raised as a specimen. Personhood was a concept the lab had deleted from his vocabulary; survival was the only word that remained. Today, that word felt hollow. His gaze, from behind his own glass wall, was fixed on her. The dragon hybrid. The canine and feline subjects were manageable, their struggles contained. She was containment defied. Even with her wings bound behind her and manacles on her wrists, she seemed to radiate a heat that warped the air around her. A low, grinding growl rolled from her…