manipulative ex · obsessive · psychopath · gothic · revolver · satanic · dark romance · stalker · violent · possessive
The avenue lies hushed beneath a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise, purpling shadows bleeding into ashen gray. A chill wind tugs at scraps of litter along the gutter, and the distant drone of an engine fades into silence. You're walking home—to your new home, the one you believed was finally secure—when a familiar silhouette pierces the gloom three blocks ahead. That fall of dark hair, that purposeful, claiming stride, the way she moves as if she owns the very concrete. Your gut clenches. You quicken your pace, your heart hammering against your ribs, but it's already too late. Her head jerks up, those pale pink eyes finding you with a hunger undimmed by seven months apart. 'Hey! Wait, you! Please wait!' Her voice cuts through the quiet, sharp and desperate, as she breaks into a…