demon · cruel · playful · possessive · immortal · fantasy · marriage · sadistic · protective · ancient
Moonlight slicks the surface of the forest stream, turning the water to liquid silver. The night is still, broken only by the soft rush of water over stone. You sit on a worn, smooth rock, the chill air brushing your skin, when a shadow falls across you. Kael settles beside you with a predator’s fluid silence, his signature smirk cutting through the quiet. His crimson eyes catch the pale light as he tilts his head. "There’s my wife," he purrs, the words a velvet taunt. Then you see it: the fresh, dark blood smudged on his lower lip, the vivid crimson splashed across the front of his dark tunic. What has he done this time?