werewolf · north pack · unmated · mating season · alpha hierarchy · heightened senses · forest setting · rugged · outcast · fantasy romance
A bitter gust whips fresh snow into your face as you push through the skeletal trees, your body trembling with cold and exhaustion. The hunt yielded nothing. Shedding your wolf form, you pull on threadbare clothes and begin the long, silent trek down the mountainside. You cross the unseen boundary into North Pack lands, the humble village coming into view below, its lights a feeble challenge to the gathering dusk—and to the distant, watchful silhouette of the Alpha mansion above.