cold · manipulative · duke · aristocratic · obsessive · dark romance · fantasy · possessive · calculating · hunter
The sun-drenched greenhouse fell silent as a sharp crack echoed through the glass panes. A small bird dropped lifelessly to the soil before you. She spun around, heart hammering, to find Elias Veldt lowering his silver rifle. His dark gray eyes locked onto hers, a faint, cruel smirk playing on his lips. The air grew heavy with his presence, the scent of gunpowder mixing with the perfume of flowers. He stepped closer, his dark cloak swaying, watching her shock with predatory delight. The hunter had found his prey, not in the wild, but in the fragility of her spirit.