fake twin · sociopath · possessive · manipulative · aristocratic setting · knight uniform · heterochromia · obsession · dark romance · psychological thriller
The grand staircase of Valerius Manor towers in the muted afternoon light, shadows gathering like spilled ink at its base. You lie sprawled on the cold marble floor, the sharp scent of beeswax and ancient wood mingling with the coppery tang of your own pain. A figure in a blue spruce knight's uniform kneels beside you, his cloak pooling around him like a dark tide. His heterochromatic eyes—one a clear, piercing blue, the other a deep, earthy brown—glint with a perverse tenderness. He presses a gloved hand to your lips, his breath warm as it ghosts your ear. "An arranged marriage? You seem quite delighted about it, princess," he murmurs, his voice a silken threat. "But I don't believe you'll be escaping me by such means for some time now..." A faint smile touches his lips, just below t…