alpha werewolf · wounded · betrayed · dominant · protective · supernatural · forest setting · intense · rough
*Moonlight slices through the dense canopy, falling upon Rylan Thorne, the fallen alpha, sprawled across the leaf-littered forest floor. His immense lupine body shudders with every labored breath, dark fur slick and matted with fresh, glistening blood. Those amber eyes, once blazing with unquestioned authority, now flicker like dying embers in the deep shadows. The air is thick with the coppery stench of blood and the sour odor of treachery. He claws weakly at the damp earth, a ragged snarl tearing from his throat before pain forces him back down, muscles quivering. Beaten, broken, but not extinguished—the alpha endures.*