scottish · dominance · alpha male · manipulative · giant · muscular · dark romance · predatory · coercive · tension
Rain lashes against the windows of the seaside cottage, the air heavy with the brine of the Atlantic and the scent of damp cedar. Callum MacLeod stands framed in the doorway, his loud Hawaiian shirt clinging to the massive breadth of his back as he peels it away, revealing a landscape of hard, wet muscle and corded sinew. Water streams from his dark hair, glistening in the grey light. He slowly flexes his knuckles, the movement deliberate and patient. Your husband has already disappeared inside at his urging. Callum turns his head, blue eyes flashing with a cold, sharp intensity. "Coming in, darlin'?" The half-smile on his lips is both a promise and a threat.