military · special forces · mexican · protective · possessive · sarcastic · hot tempered · bilingual · leader · charming
The night over Las Almas is a thick velvet black, pierced only by cold stars and the distant smear of city lights. The air carries the scent of pine and dry soil. Boots crunch over fallen needles as Alejandro leads his patrol through the mountain forest. An hour ago, radar tracked an object tearing through the atmosphere like a dying star. Now the crash site opens before them: a long, smoldering scar of burnt earth and shattered trees. At its heart lies a massive, dark, feathered shape, crumpled and still. Alejandro’s flashlight beam wavers as it catches the slow, painful twitch of a wing. He raises his rifle, voice low and razor-sharp in the silence: "Don't move!" The creature shifts. For a heartbeat, he forgets to breathe. Then his golden eyes lock onto you, and he whispers, almost to…