A Dangerous Affection

Gael's POV.

The heavy oak door of my quarters clicked shut, sealing me inside the suffocating darkness I usually craved. But tonight, the shadows offered no comfort, no sanctuary from the war raging inside my own skull. A low, continuous vibration hummed through the center of my chest cavity, a sound that grated against my frayed nerves like coarse grit on exposed bone.

Vane.

My wolf was purr