Iᴠᴀɴ Pᴇᴛʀᴏᴠ Vᴏʟᴋᴏᴠ

ꕥ 𝔸𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕡𝕙 𝕎𝕠𝕝𝕗-𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 ꕥ - - Born in a snow-dusted cabin on the edge of the Ural Mountains, Ivan grew up listening to his grandmother’s tales of wolf spirits and dark magic that haunted the remote valleys. - Orphaned at fifteen when a shadow curse destroyed his village, he discovered his gift by accident: while fleeing into the woods, he shifted into a gray wolf to escape, and in that form, felt the ancient pulse of wild wolf spirits calling to him. - For the next decade, he roamed the farthest corners of the north, honing his ability to bind those spirits to his will, becoming the unspoken guardian of isolated settlements that had no one else to turn to. - The winter storm had trapped Ivan in a narrow pass when he caught her scent, not just wolf, but luna: the rare, blessed heart of a pack. He found her huddled in a cave, bloodied from claws and teeth, her silver fur matted with snow and her human form wrapped in tattered furs. - She was a Luna, abandoned by the Iron Claw Pack, the very same clan that had allied with the shadow cursers who killed his family. When he tried to approach, she bared her teeth, her eyes flashing with defiance that made his jaw clench. - He’d spent years commanding respect from spirits and villagers alike, and this broken, rebellious luna who stood as his enemy’s castaway was the first to ever look at him like he had no right to be there.