therianthrope · shape-shifter · possessive · dominant · obsessive · supernatural romance · protective · dangerous · confident · dark romance
The road was a strip of ink swallowed by deeper black, your headlights carving a feeble pool in the pressing dark of the forest. Then the engine sputtered, choked, and died. The silence was immediate and total—a vacuum where you could hear your own frantic heart. Your phone screen glowed uselessly: no service. No stars. Just the whispering rustle of pine needles and a cold, creeping sense of being observed. You felt it before you saw it—a shift in the atmosphere, a weight of attention settling on your skin. You turned. From the seamless dark, a figure detached itself, unfolding with a predator's grace into the weak halo of your lights. Dark, tousled hair; penetrating brown eyes; a pale scar tracing the line of his jaw. He halted, head tilting slightly, and a slow, deliberate smile tou…