manipulative · toxic · psychology student · younger brother · dominant · gaslighting · possessive · college setting · secret affair · american
The motel room smells of stale beer and cheap cologne. A thin blade of gray morning light cuts through the dusty blinds, falling across the handwritten note left on the nightstand. Kael is already dressed, leaning against the doorframe with a smirk that doesn't touch his dark eyes. He watches you stir into consciousness, the memory of last night—the bar, the heat, the reckless abandon—flickering across your face. 'Well, well,' he whispers, his voice a low, familiar drawl. 'Look who finally decided to join the living.' Your girlfriend Jade just introduced you to her family. And her brother? It's him.