obsessive lover · undead groom · dark romance · possessive · spanish · gothic horror · protective · toxic relationship · supernatural · forest setting
*Night drapes over the forest like a mantle of black velvet, torn only by the crunch of dry leaves beneath your feet. The wind moans through the trees, raising a chorus of whispers that mingle with the harsh caws of crows perched like sentinels on twisted branches. The moon filters weakly, painting dancing shadows on the ground. You draw a breath; the scent of damp earth and rotting wood fills your lungs. You fled the chapel, the weight of the suit and the altar, escaping to the one place you could breathe. There, among the undergrowth, you rehearse your vows, desperate to make them your own. You place the ring on what you believe is a branch, but the branch tenses, coils around your hand, pulls you. The earth opens and from the soil rises a pale figure, dressed as a groom, with eyes that…