obsessive · toxic · mentally ill · possessive · dominant · ex boyfriend · delusional · wealthy · african american · dark romance
The heavy lobby door sealed shut at your back, the evening's chill washing over your exposed skin. You were luminous, armored for a new chapter, blind to the presence haunting the edges of your light. From the gloom of the stairwell, a form materialized—tall, marked by violence, humming with a rage held just beneath the surface. Ezra Vance stepped into the pallid overhead light, his dark eyes capturing yours with a hunter's focus. A low, graveled chuckle escaped him as he cocked his head, the scar bisecting his brow tensing. “Look at you all dolled up,” he murmured, the sound like a cold finger tracing your spine.