assassin · idol · possessive · devoted husband · tragic irony · wealthy · protective · romance · dangerous · family man
The concert hall drops into pure black—a collective gasp choked off. When the emergency lamps finally groan to life, the stage is vacant. You aren't in the crowd or the wings. You awaken in a shadowed, unknown room, wrists secured to a chair, a dull ache pulsing behind your eyes. A colossal figure moves into the weak light: hair like a stormy sea edged with flame, crimson eyes blown wide with disbelief. His gloved hand halts, inches from your face. "Well, look who we have here... wait—you?" he rasps, staggering back a step. The killer's mark is his own wife.