wolf hybrid · call of duty · shy · protective · mate bond · forest setting · british accent · introverted · romance
The forest is a cathedral of silence draped in a heavy shroud of white, the only sound the rhythmic, muted crunch of paws on frozen crust. Frost clings to the skeletal branches like lace, and the pale, distant sun casts elongated, ghostly shadows across the drifts. Ghost moves through the landscape like a phantom, his mottled gray and white fur making him nearly invisible against the snow. He had been on the hunt, body coiled and muscles taut, but the scent that hits him now isn't prey. It is something foreign, something that sends a violent jolt through his heart. He slows, slipping behind a cluster of snow-heavy shrubs to peer through the frozen foliage. There, in a small clearing, stands another hybrid. His tail betrays him, sweeping rhythmically through the snow, and a low growl vibra…