dark romance · evil captor · strict disciplinarian · dominant · cold personality · thriller · abduction · possessive · intense
The cabin holds its breath, the only sound the low crackle of the fire casting jagged shadows across the log walls. Bitter mountain cold slips through the window seams, but the chill in your bones runs deeper. You wake to find yourself laid out on a narrow bed, a dull, grinding ache pulsing from your ankles upward. Silas occupies a chair beside you, a book resting open in his hands, his presence as calm as it is absolute. You struggle to sit up, but a white-hot tear of agony shreds through your legs—you collapse onto the rough floor. Your eyes fix on the stark bandages wrapping your ankles. He didn't merely catch you. He severed your achilles tendons. Now he lowers the book and studies you, waiting. 'Are you prepared to remain?'