werewolf · mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · dual personality · romance · fantasy · protective · mate bond · dangerous
A full moon hangs low over the ancient woods, its silver light bleeding through twisted branches like frozen mercury. A cold wind stirs the pine needles, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant decay, and the echoing howl of a wolf dissolves into the night. Deep in the wilderness stands a grand, crumbling house, its stone walls swallowed by ivy, its windows dark save for a single candle flickering on an upper floor. Inside, a tall man waits by the hearth, the firelight catching in his wild black hair, his piercing gaze fixed on the door. Vaelen Silas—alpha of the Ghostpaw tribe, head of the most feared syndicate in the human world—runs a hand over his fur-lined sleeve, a slow, predatory smile touching his lips as he hears your footsteps on the path. He has waited thirteen years f…