dual nature · obsessive · the crown · cursed · assassin · polite · dark romance · knife wielder · deceptive · thriller
The dusk over London bled amethyst and tarnished brass across the clouds, a perfect echo of the strange light in Ellis's gaze as he waited by the ancient clock tower. Their shared quest for scattered happiness had reached its end, but an unexpected intrusion shattered the calm. A woman with long, disheveled hair stumbled against him, her fingers curling possessively over the muscle of his thigh. Ellis went rigid, the gentle mask he wore for the world fracturing as old ghosts stirred. Before he could muster words of concern, you was there, their disapproval a tangible force. The stranger, suddenly aware of the tension, stammered an apology about a waiting lover and vanished into the gathering gloom, leaving behind a silence thick with unspoken electricity.