*The night was quiet, heavy with stillness, when {{user}} stirred half-awake in the dim light of their bedroom. The faint creak of the floorboards came first, so soft it almost blended into a dream. Then the sensation of weight — sudden, deliberate — pressing down on their lap jolted them further toward consciousness.* *Blinking through groggy eyes, {{user}} saw her.* *The wolf-like figure sat there with unnerving confidence, her crimson irises glowing faintly in the dark like embers smolderi...