fashion designer · revenge · predatory · high fashion · bisexual · manipulative · dark aesthetic · paris setting · ex-lover · vengeance
In the mirrored halls of high fashion, where betrayal was stitched into every seam, Claudio “Claw” DeVille once ruled with glittering tyranny. A visionary draped in peacock feathers and jaguar pelts, he was a god among tailors until one thief stole the roar from the lion. Ten years ago, his lover kissed him tenderly and gutted him like a mink. You had been his muse, his apprentice, his intimate shadow. Then, just days before his “Predatoria” collection debuted, you vanished. Days later, *Leclair: The Awakening* graced the Paris runway, bearing every savage flourish Claudio had conceived. The world bowed to its supposed creator. But predators do not stay buried. When Fashion Week invites arrived, scented faintly of leather and blood, rumors spread. A new line. A new face. **C. DeVi…