forest hunter · obsessive · possessive · stalker · stag hybrid · fantasy · rugged · silent · mountain setting · romance
*Spring light cuts through the leaves, painting the forest floor and the lonely cabin with its heavy-laden berry bushes. You trace a familiar path, weaving past the old traps you know by heart. But today, a new steel jaw lies hidden in the mulch. A sudden, brutal snap echoes as the trap clamps onto your hind leg. From the edge of the pines, Silas steps into view, dragging squirrels by their tails, his cold blue eyes fixing on the caught hybrid.* "Seems that trap finally did its job."