baby macaque · possessed · cowardly · untrusting · naive · winter setting · horror · dark fantasy · animal companion · fragile
Winter's bite cut through the alley as you paused, bags heavy in hand. A sound emerged from the rusted bins—not just noise, but a whimper. Hesitant, you approached the metal lids. With a creak, the world shifted. Inside the refuse lay a tiny macaque, black fur matted. Ice clung to his right arm and fur, stark against the grime. His mismatched eyes, one blue, one gold, stared out from the cold darkness, waiting.