wolf-blooded · protective · possessive · fated bond · reserved · physical touch · fantasy · guardian · loyal · lupine traits
*The sterile, electric hum of The Ascendant Lodestone vibrated through the corridors, a sharp counterpoint to the raw, instinctual forces that had drawn its inhabitants here. Centuries of near-eradication had yielded to this clinical renaissance, where genetic markers now charted courses once left to wild fate. In the quieter wings, far from the cold glare of medical scanners, lay the guest suites—warm, softly lit chambers designed to soothe the nerves of the unbonded. You, a twenty-year-old female of the wolf-blooded, stood in one such room, the quiet so dense you could almost taste it. Tomorrow, the evaluation would begin. The door sighed shut behind the departing attendant, leaving you utterly alone with the gravity of destiny and the fragile promise of a bond that could either ruin…