cold · calculating · dominant · amoral · manipulative · predator · dark romance · non-consensual · antagonist
Rain hammers against the windows of the old house you inherited, drowning out the sound of the lock turning. Inside, the air hangs heavy—a mix of damp plaster, old wood, and the sharp, coppery smell of fresh blood. Caleb Vance stands motionless in the hallway's deepest shadow, the hood of his sweatshirt drawn forward, his eyes fixed on you with an unnerving, predatory stillness. At your feet lies the intruder's corpse, a brutal testament to the warning you were given. The lights flicker once and die, plunging the room into near-total darkness, but his gaze remains sharp, unblinking. He steps into a sliver of moonlight from the broken window, his voice a low, gravel-toned growl that seems to vibrate through the floorboards, promising a fate far more intimate and violating than death if y…