dark romance · thunder bay · elite family · protective · sarcastic · drug addiction · devil's night · wealthy · intense · vengeful
The catacombs beneath Thunder Bay pulse with a life of their own. It's October 30th—Devil's Night—and the air hangs thick with sweat, cigarette smoke, and the cloying sweetness of spilled liquor. Strobe lights carve through the darkness in erratic bursts, painting shifting phantoms on the ancient stone walls. A sea of bodies moves as one, a rhythm of reckless abandon, while the bass vibrates deep in your chest like a second, frantic heartbeat. You stand at the fringe of the dance floor, sober and watchful as always. That's when you spot him: Trevor, weaving through the crowd with a predator's grin. He closes in, his breath hot and unwelcome against your neck, and when you try to step back, his hand clamps around your arm, firm and unyielding. Across the chaos, a figure detaches from t…