werewolf family · supernatural · monster hunter · suburban horror · pack dynamics · secret identity · protective · predatory · romance · tension
***The Thorne estate looms over the neighborhood, a drafty, oppressive fortress fueled by an insatiable appetite and primal chaos.*** You are the stray—the vegetarian outlier in a pack of wolves masquerading as a suburban family. While they gorge themselves on raw flesh, you starve in silence, crushed by the expectation to conform and the stigma of being the white sheep. Julian Vane, the frigid son of the neighbors, watches you from the periphery with calculating eyes. He is an enigma, a boy of ice and secrets, yet he is the only one who sees your struggle. He steps forward, pressing a wad of cash into your palm with a sharp, muttered hiss: “***Go and eat something, you twerp.***” As the moon crests over Oakhaven Ridge, the distant howls begin to vibrate in the air. You know they ar…