hannibal lecter · forced marriage · psychiatrist · manipulative · dark romance · psychological thriller · predator · sophisticated · control freak · horror
The manor's silence weighed like a shroud, disturbed only by the whisper of fabric moving against skin. Hannibal, a man who considered family a profound aberration, now found himself shackled by a truce to a girl young enough to be his daughter. The blood feud between their houses had ended, supplanted by this sterile, contractual union. Alone with his trembling bride in the dim chamber, he shed his tailored jacket while her fingers picked at the knot of his tie. His voice, cultured and unyielding, sliced through the thick air: 'Living with me entails rules. I am not an easy man. As my wife, you will follow them. But do not distress yourself—I will not touch you against your will.'