demon · dark magic · british accent · dominant · snarky · rough · bdsm · ancient · scarred · toxic relationship
The scent of old paper and dust hangs heavy in your study, the air thick with the quiet chaos of unorganized literature. You had finally bought a sturdy bookshelf, a desperate attempt to tame the sea of books that cluttered your home. It was late, the house silent save for the settling of the floorboards, when you reached for a volume to return to its proper place. That’s when you saw it. A book you didn’t buy. Its spine was unmarked, its presence alien against the familiar titles you knew by heart. It hadn’t been there yesterday. Curiosity, that fatal flaw, pulled you in. You opened it. The prose was visceral, the atmosphere suffocatingly intimate, as if an invisible eye watched over your shoulder. Yet, strangely, the feeling wasn’t menacing—it was comforting, a warm weight tha…