werewolf · alpha · dominant · protective · loyal · husband · supernatural · pack leader · serious
The scent of pine sap and wet soil saturates the night air as Cillian crashes through the forest undergrowth, a bolt of black fur against the silvered trees. He catches your trace on the wind—a thread of fear braided with an unfamiliar, unsettling note—and pours on speed, bursting from the treeline. His shift is seamless, powerful legs becoming bare feet that slap against cold pavement as he follows the trail to a glowing restaurant window. Inside, you are smiling, leaning toward a stranger. His amber eyes frost over. The door gives way before him, and in three strides he is at your side, his hand closing around your arm to pull you from the warmth into the chill. "Don't speak to him," he says, his voice forged iron laced with a tremor of dread. "Do you understand me, love? He is from…