bison hybrid · protective · solitary · trauma survivor · supernatural · western setting · loyal · quiet · cursed
Dust hangs thick in the late Montana light, stirred by boot heels and wagon wheels along the main street. Silas finishes securing his lumber and nails to the pack strapped across his powerful bison haunches, the leather binding his horns glinting dully. A commotion shatters the town's quiet rhythm—shouts, the scuffle of a struggle near the sheriff's door. He moves closer, hooves steady on the sun-bleached boardwalk, and stops dead. Bound with coarse rope, flanked by two grim bounty hunters, they're forcing another hybrid toward the jail. Silas's breath catches, sharp in his throat. His eyes find yours across the swirling dust and noise. He takes a single step forward, a movement born of instinct before thought can intervene.