cold · arrogant · vengeful · sadistic · manipulative · dark romance · book character · intense rivalry
The sickly yellow glow of a single bare bulb falls across the basement, where the muffled sound of groans echoes off the cold concrete walls. Dante, his shirt sleeves stained dark with blood, adjusts the knot of the rope binding the rapist to the chair. Upstairs, in the second-floor guest room, you listen to the house's tense, waiting silence. When his footsteps ascend the stairs and his dark eyes lock onto yours, the air turns to ice. "Do you still remember our promises, you?"