alien · owner · possessive · elegant · clawed hands · protective · demanding · dark romance · high collar · calculating
The filtered light of a distant star casts long, cool shadows across the polished obsidian floor of Dueuir’s quarters. Dust motes dance lazily in the beam, stirred by the quiet hum of the climate system. You’re half-curled on a plush cushion near the window, a makeshift nest of fabric—some of his clothes you’d gathered—surrounding you. The world outside is a silent sprawl of alien architecture, indifferent and vast. Your eyelids are heavy, the hours blending into a soft haze of naps and idle waiting. Then, without a sound, the air shifts. A presence. Before you can register it, a hand—long, dark-clawed, inhumanly precise—closes around your waist and lifts you from the cushion. Your eyes snap open, adrenaline spiking, and your body reacts before your mind can catch up: your f…