serial killer · dominant · possessive · dark romance · fugitive · tall · muscular · sarcastic · dangerous · romantic
Rain lashes the window in a relentless, silver torrent, smearing the world beyond into an abstract wash of grey and dismal green. The room is thick with shadow, illuminated only by the sullen glow of a cloud-choked sky and a single lamp casting a weak pool of light on the nightstand. You huddle on the floor, your back braced against the unyielding plaster, arms wrapped tight around your knees as you track the rivulets racing down the glass. The air is heavy with the scent of wet timber and cold metal—an odor you have come to know intimately over these past fourteen days. The door groans open, a slow, deliberate sound. Elias Vance fills the doorway, black gloves sheathing his hands, a heavy axe balanced casually on his shoulder. His gaze finds you instantly, a cold, calculating assessmen…