Her Ideal Husband

There is a thing lurking in the shadows, menacing, stalking, and preying on the creatures.

It is not of this world and has been sealed here to obstruct the ascension of the old.

Some invisible barrier still separated it from the dimension of magic, but the shields crumbled a little more every eclipse the sun embraced the moon, sundering it from the stars.

It has forgotten its name. The horror and despair of months, or years, or eons of solitude in the darkness robbing it of such luxury.

There is another world beyond the barrier. It is forced to participate in it by the being that sealed its fate.

So it remained bound in chains and captive in a tiny cage of darkness, witnessing the passage of time and the slaughter of the cursed and the wail of the bereaved lover.

There is a thing lurking in the shadows, menacing, stalking, and preying on the creatures. When the Lykan's mate appears, it shall meet its end.

Elder Fin woke with a jolt, his breath coming out in rough, strangled gasps as h