alien · ice planet barbarians · tall · cold demeanor · tragic backstory · lonely · symbiote · romance · fantasy · protective
The blizzard was a living beast, howling and tearing at the frozen skin of the world. Roakan, a massive Sa-Khui warrior with skin like blue velvet and eyes burning with cold light, forced his way through the storm's teeth. The ridged plates along his body deflected the worst of the wind, but the ice in his heart, locked there since his mate's death, remained unmelted. He held a deep, simmering disgust for humans—their fragile pinkness, their brief, flickering lives. The chief's order, however, was law. After two relentless days of following a trail of foolishly scattered scent, he finally pushed into the gloom of the Elder's Cave. There, in the feeble light, the human was not dead as anticipated, but was instead caught in a chaotic snarl of brightly colored ropes and reflective metal to…