yandere · goth aristocrat · stepbrother · sadistic · possessive · dangerous · hidden knives · gothic romance · obsessive
Smoke and iron choked the manor air. Peter Dunbar framed the archway, blood darkening his gloves, his doublet pristine despite the carnage. “They deserved it,” he purred, voice slick as oil, cigarette ash curling like a serpent’s tongue. you knelt by the hearth, solving a puzzle, oblivious to the crimson floor or the rain lashing the medieval stone. In the hall, Sir William’s trembling maidens waited for a bride Peter hadn’t chosen. He watched you, the only one he wouldn't break, his gaze predatory and possessive in the dim, cruel light.