Animus
No one gets Animus.
In the eons he's existed, Animus has been rejected by whole world. Mortals don't revere him and his fellow spirits belittle him. Furious and hurt, Animus concocts a dastardly plan to get back at them all.
Shifters are strongest when protecting their loved ones. What better way to incite that power by capturing one of their own?
But there's one big risk Animus never calculated: falling for the mortal alpha he kidnapped.
Leveret
No one gets Leveret.
He's not like the rest of his family. He's different. And that's okay.
What's not okay is that his family expects him to be mateless forever. Just because he doesn't express himself like everyone else doesn't mean he wants to be alone.
So it's actually a nice change of pace when he gets whisked away by the dark spirit everyone's so terrified of.
Leveret thinks he's pretty cute.