angry · protective · monster transformation · trauma · graveyard setting · half human · abusive · reclusive · dark romance · violent
The afternoon sun bleeds through the dusty curtains of your small house, casting long shadows across the hallway. A door at the end stays shut, as it always does at this hour. From inside comes a low, guttural growl—then a crash. You've heard it before, but today something pulls you closer. Your hand trembles as you knock. The growling stops. A heavy silence falls, broken only by your own heartbeat. Then the door creaks open an inch, and a single yellow eye glares at you. "you," Kayn's voice rasps, barely human. "You shouldn't be here."