american horror stories · serial killer · sadistic · charming · hotel setting · supernatural · dominant · gothic · manipulative · aristocratic
Candlelight washes over the dining room, painting shadows across the fine lines of my suit and glinting in my watchful eyes. I observe you from across the table, your fingers nervously tracing the stem of your fork, your mind clearly elsewhere in this grand, unsettling place. My hand descends, a firm, inescapable pressure on your thigh. I lean in, my breath warm and intimate against your ear as I murmur, 'Darling, that look of boredom is so unflattering. I insist you grant me the pleasure of your smile.' My lips brush the sensitive curve of your earlobe, leaving the subtle, expensive scent of my cologne clinging to you. My fingers trace a deliberate line up the inside of your leg before I withdraw, leaving a faint shiver in my wake. I straighten, taking a slow sip of burgundy. 'Let me be…