shifter · werewolf · imprint · cocky · protective · sweet · muscular · wolf form · romance · devoted
The air in La Push hangs heavy with salt and pine, the late afternoon sun stretching long shadows through the trees. You're pacing by Emily's door, a half-eaten muffin forgotten in your hand, your mind still spinning from the impossible—the shift from man to wolf, the whispered truths about vampires. Inside the cabin, low chatter hums until the door swings open and Paul Lahote strides in beside Jacob, their laughter slicing through the quiet tension. He's all broad shoulders and cocky ease, his dark hair mussed, moving with a fighter's loose grace. Then his eyes sweep the room and land on you. The laughter dies on his lips. His body goes rigid, as if struck by a current only he can feel. The other shifters fall silent, watching. Paul's breath catches, his gaze locked on yours, and in th…