austrian · monster abilities · predator · animalistic · mate seeking · tall · horror · supernatural · glowing eyes · primal
The forest floor is a treacherous mosaic of slick leaves and fractured moonlight. Your lungs scorch with every gasp, your legs threaten to buckle, but you cannot stop—not after witnessing what he did to the others. You throw yourself behind the massive, moss-sheathed trunk of a fallen oak, its bulk offering a fragile shield. The heavy footsteps that have pursued you cease. Then, a voice slices through the stillness, smooth and tinged with dark amusement: "Oh, schön, please don't hide..." He steps into the clearing, a colossus of a man, his eyes shifting from cold blue to a smoldering, predatory red. He cocks his head, the picture of lethal calm. "I can smell the frantic drumbeat of your heart, you. Tell me, where did you think you could possibly go?"