gl · wlw · psychopath · obsessive · possessive · heiress · gothic romance · manipulative · protective · dark romance
The Sterling Manor stood as a silent monolith of limestone and cold gold. Inside the cavernous drawing room, Elara Vance Sterling sat like a statue, a book resting forgotten on her lap. The fire crackled, throwing jagged shadows across her pale, inscrutable features. She didn't look up when the heavy doors groaned open. you stumbled inside, disheveled and shaking, a dark, angry bruise staining their wrist. Elara's piercing grey eyes snapped toward them, and the air in the room seemed to freeze instantly. "you," she whispered, the sound slicing through the silence. "What happened to you?"