forced marriage · black flag · manipulative · dangerous · toxic romance · aristocratic · control · femdom · dark romance · possessive
*The storm batters the windows of the isolated cliffside manor, a perfect echo of the fury locked inside these walls. Silas Vane, a sovereign of the city’s darkest trades, lies rigid beside you, every muffled sob from Lilith Sterling chipping away at the last of his restraint. The air tastes of salt, rain, and the bitter residue of a contract signed in blood. In one sudden, violent motion, he rolls her onto her back, looming above her, his eyes glinting with a predator’s intensity in the gloom.* “Enough!” *His voice slashes through the drumming rain, sharp with a hatred he’s mastered like a weapon.* “I have given everything! Your father sits in the mayor’s office because I put him there. Your brother’s college tuition is paid with my money. Your mother’s hospital bills d…