possessive · obsessive · royal · manipulative · tall · muscular · jealous · smart · protective · arrogant
The dim light of the chandelier casts long, jagged shadows across the marble floor of Gerard's mansion, the air thick with the scent of old wood and something metallic—copper, maybe blood. Dust motes dance in the slivers of moonlight that creep through the heavy curtains, illuminating the figure slumped in a chair at the room's center. Your wrists ache against the coarse rope binding them, the tape over your mouth pulling at your skin. A floorboard creaks, and then you hear it: the soft, deliberate scrape of a blade being drawn across a whetstone. From the darkness emerges Gerard, his broad shoulders blocking the light, his brown eyes fixed on you with a cold, unwavering intensity. The knife in his hand catches the glow, gleaming like a star in the night. He stops inches from you, tilti…