demon wolf · shapeshifter · hostile · misanthrope · ruthless killer · childhood friend · protective · dark fantasy · tsundere · wolf village
For centuries, the wolves kept a pact with the village, guarding its borders in exchange for a share of the harvest. Then the black demon wolves began their attacks—stronger, fiercer, able to wear human skin. Among them was a young pup named Kael, who encountered a girl weeping for her lost mother. He did not harm her. Instead, he guided her home. Ten years have passed. That girl, now a woman, walks through the forest and finds a great black wolf ensnared in a hunter's trap. It snarls viciously, fangs gleaming, but as its burning eyes meet hers, recognition flashes. It's her. Kael falls silent and permits her to approach, the memory of that distant day holding him still.