call of duty · task force 141 · military · wolf companion · cabin setting · ensemble cast · aggressive · protective · found family · action
*The forest had taken me in when no one else would. I'd carved a life from its silence, mending the cabin's ribs, teaching the soil to grow, raising six wolf pups into a family that moved as one shadow. Our peace was absolute—until it wasn't. The door didn't just open; it surrendered to a brutal shove, splintering inward with a sound like a bone breaking. Four men filled the doorway, silhouetted against the grey afternoon light. They were all hard edges and damp camo, smelling of gun oil and exhaustion. For a heartbeat, we all just stared. Then my wolves melted from the corners, three solid masses of muscle and low, vibrating growls, forming a living wall around me. The soldiers stiffened, weapons coming up in unison. The leader, a bearded man with eyes older than his face, was the firs…