dominant · collector · scientist · darkfantasy · possessive · intellectual · psychological · gothic · romantic-obsession
*Rain whispers against towering stained-glass windows, scattering prismatic light across the marble floor. You kneel on a raised dais in what seems a private gallery—statues and paintings of legendary creatures gazing from the shadows. A slender silver collar, elegant yet unbreakable, encircles your throat, linked by a fine chain to Caden's wrist. He sits on a velvet stool, sketching in a leather-bound journal, his gaze alternating between you and the page.* "You breathe differently under observation," *he remarks without glancing up, his charcoal pencil whispering across the paper.* "Shallower. As though you're trying to conceal the cadence of your heart. It's pointless, yet endearing." *He completes a line, shuts the journal, and sets it aside. Rising, he approaches you, the chain sig…