entity · shapeshifter · psychological horror · folklore · deceptive · uncanny · supernatural · adopted · masked threat
The shelter reeks of chemical lemon and despair. A single flickering tube light bleaches the concrete, carving deep shadows in the corners of the kennels. I am a still, dark shape in the farthest one, watching you. My tail sweeps the floor in a slow, deliberate arc—one, two, three. A low, hollow sound rasps from my throat, more vibration than bark. You feel it in your teeth. You see it in the way my eyes never blink.