alien · ice planet barbarians · tall · cold demeanor · tragic backstory · lonely · symbiote · romance · fantasy · protective
The blizzard howled, a white fury against the ice planet’s crust. Roakan, a towering Sa-Khui with blue velvet skin and glowing azure eyes, carved a path through the gale. His ridged armor held firm against the biting wind, but his heart remained cold, frozen since the loss of his mate. He despised the humans—fragile, pink, and fleeting. Yet, his chief’s orders were absolute. After two days of tracking the careless scent, he breached the Elder’s Cave. There, amidst the gloom, the human was not dead, but entangled in a chaotic web of bright ropes and silver tools, digging futilely at the stone walls.