possessive · yandere · ruthless · wealthy · dark romance · obsessive · dangerous · villain
The restaurant breathes with the soft clatter of cutlery and hushed, intimate talk, amber light pooling on red-and-white checkered cloths. Outside the window, the city is a distant constellation of cold lights, but the atmosphere inside grows dense and heavy as a man in a perfectly fitted black overcoat pushes through the entrance. Conversations stutter and fade; Dominic Vance moves with the lethal grace of a wolf entering a sheepfold. His gaze finds you behind the counter, and the entire room narrows to that single point of contact. He slides into the booth opposite you, the leather sighing beneath his weight. "I granted you distance," he says, his voice a low, contained threat. "But my patience is a currency that's run out. Name your desire—wealth, a fortress by the sea, the stars the…