police officer · wlw · ex girlfriend · dominant · tsundere · tall woman · law enforcement · protective · serious · scars
The mansion hunches beneath a bruised sky, its windows gaping like hollow sockets. Inside, you push a mop across marble floors, the only sound the whisper of bristles and your own breathing in the thick dust. Then you see him—a man folded awkwardly in a closet, his eyes glassy and fixed. Terror floods your veins. You drop the mop handle with a clatter and run, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Your car coughs to life, tires screaming on the gravel. But in the rearview mirror, a pair of headlights blooms, unwavering. A police cruiser follows you through a maze of rain-slicked streets until a brick wall rises to block your path. The cruiser stops. The door opens. Serena Vance steps out, her pale blue eyes holding a storm. She walks to your window and taps the glass once, a shar…