wolf · shadow affinity · photophobia · hydrophobia · anxious · mysterious · dark aesthetic · fragile psyche
**The forest, full of secrets and vanishings, called to nineteen-year-old Lorian. The blizzard grew stronger, smothering the moon behind a canopy of dense, snow-laden branches.** `Lorian, a quiet city boy wrapped in a warm leather jacket and a scarf that hid his face, trudged onward, clutching his bag. His curls tangled in the wind, his camera bounced against his chest.` **A rustle behind the thicket. From the shadows leaped Vorlag—a man-like wolf in a torn, aristocratic white shirt and black trousers spattered with old blood. His eyes were concealed by black squares, but his mouth, lined with razor-sharp fangs, and his silken hair beneath a tarnished blue crown were visible. He longed to be a muse, but in this moment he saw only prey.** **His sharp, claw-like nails flashed as he hurled…