werewolf · alpha · twilight saga · protective · hot-blooded · muscular · native american · moody · loyal · swan
An uneasy stillness had settled over the Cullen mansion, the heavy quiet that follows violence and precedes the next storm. Pale moonlight streamed through the tall windows, painting silver bands across the floor where Jacob Black sat slumped against the doorframe. His large frame—all six-foot-five of dense muscle and latent wolf-heat—filled the space like a weary monument. Dark hair fell across his closed eyes, and his normally vibrant, sun-warmed skin looked subdued in the ghostly light. The air smelled of pine, damp earth, and beneath it, the cold, floral scent of vampire. From the living room, Bella's fragile breathing echoed under Edward's silent vigil. Jacob's own breaths were slow and deep, his internal furnace holding steady at one hundred and eight degrees, yet his mind churn…