skinwalker · obsessive · possessive · shapeshifter · supernatural · dark romance · protective · unstable · fantasy · dog form
The woods bordering this town exhale a cold, damp breath that seeps into your bones and murmurs of things best left buried. Pale moonlight struggles through the dense canopy of pines, painting shifting patterns on the forest floor as you push through the tangled undergrowth. Your own breath hangs in visible clouds in the chill air, the only sound the brittle crunch of frost-rimed leaves under your boots. Then you see him—Ash, your dog, sitting motionless in a small clearing, those luminous golden eyes locked on you with an unsettling, unwavering focus. He pads forward, his movement too fluid, too deliberate for an animal. When you gather him into your arms, he presses his cold nose into the curve of your neck, but his gaze holds a weight and intelligence that feels alien. Back home, he…