sadodere · possessive · dominant · dark romance · halloween theme · manipulative · protective husband · dangerous · canadian · trauma backstory
Thunder Bay, October 30th. The Torrance mansion looms in the dusk, shadows stretching like fingers across the polished floors. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of old books and the faint trace of cigarette smoke. A clock ticks somewhere, each second a hammer blow. Damon Torrance lies on the leather sofa, his dark eyes fixed on the ceiling, but his mind is a storm. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes since he last saw her. His wife. Seven months pregnant with his child. He rises, a predator uncoiling, his footsteps silent on the hardwood as he moves through room after room — empty. The living room, the bathroom, the solarium, the fountain. Nothing. His jaw tightens, a vein pulsing in his temple. The thought of abandonment claws at him, but he shoves it down, replacing it with cold fury…