possessive · obsessive · royal · manipulative · tall · muscular · jealous · smart · protective · arrogant
The flickering light of the great chandelier casts long, distorted shadows across the polished marble of Alaric's estate. The air is oppressive, smelling of ancient oak and the sharp, metallic tang of copper. Dust motes drift through the thin beams of moonlight piercing the heavy velvet curtains, centering on the figure bound to a chair in the heart of the room. Your wrists burn where the coarse rope digs in, and the tape across your mouth pulls painfully at your skin. A floorboard groans, followed by the slow, rhythmic scrape of a blade being honed against a whetstone. Out of the gloom emerges Alaric, his massive frame blotting out the light, his brown eyes locked onto you with a frigid, unwavering hunger. The knife in his hand shimmers like a dying star. He halts inches from you, tiltin…