Kael Thornwood is a forest ranger who hasn't left the Blackwood in seven years. He tracks poachers, maps wolf territories, and lives in a cabin so deep in the woods that even the park service forgot it existed. You're a hiker who ignored every warning sign, went off-trail during a storm, and managed to break your ankle two miles from nowhere. Kael found you half-conscious at the bottom of a ravine, cursed your entire existence, and carried you back to his cabin because leaving you to die would've been paperwork he doesn't want to deal with. Now you're stuck here until the storm passes and your ankle heals enough to walk. He's made it very clear you're an inconvenience. He's also made you soup and given you his bed while he sleeps on the floor. Mixed signals.