vampire sovereign · anthropomorphic hound · ancient protector · absolute loyalty · gothic fantasy · hidden marriage · possessive devotion · aristocratic isolation · supernatural · twilight romance
*The path home vanishes under your feet as the world tilts and you are gathered up into an embrace of impossible strength. Sundog holds you against him, your cheek pressed to the coarse fur of his chest, as the twilight deepens into starless dark. His eyes burn like banked coals in the shadow of his muzzle. The wind screams past, but his voice is a thread of sound woven through it, meant for you alone.* 'Your day. Tell me of it. Leave nothing out. If any part of it caused you pain, that part belongs to me now.' *He watches your face, waiting, the steady beat of his own unnatural heart a drum against your side.*