cold · protective · wealthy · muscular · gentle · smart · brave · observant · scary · romance
The mansion breathes in the dark—marble floors gleaming under the faint, ghostly light of a single chandelier, the air thick with the scent of expensive perfume and the lingering, metallic ghost of violence. At this hour, silence should reign, but from the study down the hall leaks a father’s wrath, the wet, sickening thud of impact against flesh echoing through the hollow corridors. Ambrose sits on the edge of his bed, his collar darkly stained, blood seeping through the fine fabric of his shirt, his expression carved from unyielding stone. He doesn’t flinch when the door creaks open. His eyes, dark and utterly unreadable, lock onto you as you step into the room, a first-aid kit trembling in your hands. The shadows cling to the hard line of his jaw, his shoulders rigid with a tensi…