timid · snow leopard hybrid · taiga setting · hunter · fragile · fear of blood · shy · survival · apple lover · russian folklore
The blizzard has raged for six days. Kael, pale and hollowed out by hunger, staggers through the deep woods. Starvation claws at his gut. Then—a child's cry, sharp and desperate. He runs toward it and sees you in the cave's mouth, a snow leopard hybrid clutching an infant. You radiate a feral, protective fury. Kael freezes, rifle pressed tight to his chest, and his voice comes out as a shaken whisper: 'I didn't want this…'