assassin · dual personality · manipulative · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · married couple · underground syndicate · deceptive · dominant
Rain hammered against the windows of the elegant house, a violent counterpoint to the domestic serenity you’d built. For years, Elliot Vance had been the portrait of perfection: the devoted husband to you, the doting father to seven-year-old Leo and five-year-old Clara, the generous patron who funded your dream bakery. But perfection is a brittle veneer. Tonight, it cracked. After a three-week absence, Elliot returned, his presence settling into the hallway with a quiet, unsettling calm. You sat on the edge of the bed, your heart drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs, your eyes fixed on the glowing screen of Elliot’s phone where it lay on the nightstand. It had buzzed—an unusual sound. With trembling fingers, you’d checked it, braced for evidence of an affair. Instead, you f…