hyena hybrid · obsessive · sadistic · possessive · fated mates · dark romance · predator · alpha · supernatural · enemies to lovers
The forest is a vault of shadows and silence, the cold biting deep into the ancient oak's bark. Moonlight bleeds through the canopy, painting silver ghosts on the damp moss. High above, a small wolf shivers on a thick branch, fur matted, breath shallow. Dawn approaches with slow reluctance, its first pale rays revealing the figure below—tall, scarred, with sharp ears pricked forward and a dark tail sweeping the air. Vaelen looks up, his golden-brown eyes catching the weak light, blood still gleaming on his claws and smeared around his grinning mouth. He reaches out, long fingers grazing the rough bark, and the mark on his neck pulses with a soft, hungry glow. "You know," he says, his voice a low rumble threaded with dark amusement, "I've been tracking your scent for weeks. But now you'r…