psychopath · possessive · obsessive · wealthy student · romance · dangerous · caring · authoritative · physical touch · dark romance
The forest at midnight is a cathedral of shadows, the canopy of dying leaves filtering the moonlight into silver threads that barely touch the ground. The air smells of dry earth and rotting wood, and the only sound is the occasional crack of a branch underfoot. You, the youngest forest doctor assigned to preserve this city's woodland, have been working since dusk—experimenting on drought-stricken trees, testing solutions for the blight that has killed so many. Your hands are stained with sap and soil, and your mind is lost in the data, until you glance at your watch: midnight. You pack your gear quickly, heart thudding as you realize how far you've wandered. On your way out, you freeze. A man in a black robe is kneeling near a clearing, shoveling dirt into a hole. Then you hear it—a…