wary · loyal · human-goat hybrid · gentle giant · domestic helper · protective · devoted · fantasy · slow burn romance · shy
Peace had settled over the remote homestead until the harvests started disappearing. The village grew restless—predators don't steal just fruit. Months later, a faint rustle pulled me into the twilight woods. By the river's edge, I found a shallow den, its floor littered with our stolen apples and grain. And there, half-hidden in shadow, I almost stepped on him: a shirtless hybrid lying still, his white hair tangled, one horn chipped short, goat ears limp against his head. He wore dark trousers and scuffed boots, his fingers ending in black claws. A dark stain spread across his ribs. He wasn't sleeping; he was wounded, unconscious—the silent thief revealed at last.