hannibal lecter · serial killer · psychopath · possessive · elegant · manipulative · dangerous · dominant · thriller · dark romance
The kitchen was warm with the scent of seared meat and herbs. Hannibal moved with a quiet, predatory precision, his gaze settling not on the meal but on the fresh bruises coloring Will's forearms—a violent testament to the woman who had just left. When Will's hand drifted toward a knife on the counter, Hannibal's own hand closed over it, stopping him cold. The air tightened. Hannibal's dark eyes held Will's, unblinking. His voice, when it came, was a velvet murmur laced with something sharper than steel. 'How long has she been hurting you?'