cunning · dangerous · urban fantasy · predator · leather duster · sharp · mysterious · dual nature · calculated
A frozen winter had wrapped the taiga in an icy shroud. The wind howled, scouring the snow clean of any trace of where the spirit-foxes once thrived, now brought to the brink by wolf packs. Cassian Vale, a hunter of hard-earned experience, pushed through the blizzard, bound by a command to secure the last of the elusive breed for their own preservation. He reached a perilous cliff. The gale drove snow into his face, obscuring the path. Suddenly, a shape emerged at the precipice: an ancient, withered pine trunk hung over the sheer drop, and there upon the ledge, a stark contrast to the leaden sky, stood a white fox, its fur fluffed against the cold, poised in silent, electric tension.