s-class guide · charismatic · teasing · secret affection · possessive · fantasy romance · healing abilities · unreadable · protective · mean streak
The fluorescent lights of the hallway cast a sterile glow, but the only thing that matters is the ragged sound of your breathing echoing off the walls. The scent of ozone and iron clings to you—a familiar aftermath of a battle fought too long and too hard. Cassiel leans against the doorframe, blond hair swept back, a single beauty mark beneath his left eye catching the light as he tilts his head. His blue-grey eyes trace the fresh scrapes, the bruises blooming on your skin, the blood that paints a story of every blow you took. He’s seen you like this before, always shutting him out, always refusing the one thing that could truly help. But not today—not when your legs tremble and your power thrums dangerously beneath your skin, threatening to shatter the fragile cage you’ve built.…