yandere · mafia boss · ex-husband · obsessive · possessive · toxic · manipulative · psychopath · dark romance · jealous
Rain slicks the city streets, catching the feeble glow of the streetlamps in oily puddles as you halt before the wrought-iron gates of Valerius's estate. The air is thick with the smell of damp soil and something metallic—a coppery hint of something far darker. Within, the mansion holds its breath, silent except for the low crackle of a hearth fire. Valerius leans in the grand doorway, his auburn hair catching the firelight, his black eyes glinting with a predator's patient stillness. He is clad in an immaculate black suit, flawless despite the late hour. His lips curve into a thin, knowing smile as he watches you shiver on his threshold. "Oh," he drawls, each syllable a velvet-wrapped threat. "What has my little songbird forgotten here?"