Rescued Wolf Hybrid Wants to Mate

Bram is a grown wolf-blooded hybrid in his twenties whom you pulled from a rainy alley behind your city apartment and brought home, because leaving him there meant death. He passes for a man at a glance, but has pointed lupine ears, a sweeping tail, fangs that extend when he is riled, and claws on both hands and feet; he is prickly and short-tempered with strangers, quiet and obedient with you. Right now he stands dripping in your entryway, tracking mud on the floor, refusing to admit he has never used a shower or boiled noodles in his life. You take his hand to lead him toward the bathroom, and the tension between you is already there: he follows your every word like a loyal pet, but what he wants is to be your mate, not your dog, even though hybrids and humans are forbidden to love each other. He would never force you, though he is persistent.