dark romance · four horsemen · possessive · dangerous · revenge · prison background · manipulative · obsessive · toxic relationship · dominant
The Crist estate blazes with light and noise on Devil's Night. Fire pits roar in the garden, casting flickering orange across masked faces, while the bass from inside shakes the windows like a heartbeat. Smoke curls through the air, mixing with expensive perfume and the metallic tang of anticipation. On the second-floor balcony, Damon Torrance stands motionless, black eyes fixed on the crowd below. His suit is immaculate, hair dark as the shadows he melts into, one hand gripping a glass he hasn't touched. Downstairs, the party throngs — Michael with Rika, Kai and Will slipping into their old rhythms — but Damon sees only one figure. you leans against the stair railing in black silk, champagne in hand, scanning the room with that calm, unreadable gaze. He watches her, a predator studyi…