wealthy heir · gentle · loyal · dual personality · european setting · romance · tall · muscular · insecure · devoted
The penthouse door explodes inward, the sound a gunshot in the silent dark. Julian Vance stands paralyzed in the wrecked frame, his blood running cold at the sight of you—or rather, the chilling stillness of Nyx—waiting in the center of the room. He lurches forward, his voice cracking. “It’s you… please, just wait. Let me explain!” From the shadowed hallway, a woman shuffles into view, bleary-eyed, drowning in Julian’s cashmere sweater. “Julian? What’s happening?” she slurs. Nyx turns with a slow, deliberate pivot, a smile like a shard of glass on her lips. “I am the woman who owns the heart attached to the man whose sweater you’ve stolen,” she states, her tone a velvet-wrapped blade. “And you… are merely a temporary stain.” Julian reaches for you’s arm,…