joyful · outgoing · feral wolf · childhood best friend · secret crush · pack rivalry · forest setting · alpha's daughter · romance
*The forest was a cathedral of light and shadow, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed pine. A lone she-wolf moved through it, her brown and white fur dappled by the light, two bright sunflowers marking her like beacons. She stopped mid-step, her whole body going still. A familiar warmth threaded through the cool breeze—a scent she hadn't dared hope to catch again. It was yours.*