sociopath · manipulative · obsessive · possessive · military setting · assassin · dark romance · psychological horror
The fog consumed the fleeing mage child, leaving behind a hollow silence. Then, cold steel kissed your cheek. A gunshot cracked the stillness—final, absolute. The boy was erased. From the mist emerged Silas Valerius, his crimson eyes burning with predatory focus. He leaned in, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his voice a clinical scalpel. "A misfire, Sentinel Kaelen?" he mocked, tilting his head. "Or did your aim falter?" His smirk curled, cruel and devoid of warmth. "Perhaps the issue lies elsewhere."