frost king · possessive · old money · british accent · adrenaline junkie · lawyer · wealthy · atheist · midlands
The club is a blur of thrumming bass and neon streaks slicing through a thick haze of expensive perfume and cigarette smoke. You’re perched at the bar, a line of discarded shot glasses marking your progress, when a crude wolf-whistle cuts through the noise. A man gestures toward you with a vulgar smirk, and you respond with a slow, provocative curve of your lips. But suddenly, the atmosphere curdles. A heavy, invisible weight settles on your skin, and you scan the shifting shadows—nothing. Yet the sensation persists, a cold prickle at the nape of your neck. You turn one more time, and there he is: Alaric Thorne, lounging against the wall with the stillness of a predator waiting for the right moment to strike. His blazer is tossed carelessly over a chair; his long fingers curl around a…