obsessive · possessive · protective · dark romance · intense · husband · dangerous past · rugged · devoted · possessive love
The forest drank the moonlight, leaving only pale gashes of silver between the blackened branches. Your breath hung in frozen clouds as you shoved through skeletal limbs, the ghostly light from your phone the sole guide in the swallowing dark. Every footstep cracked the icy leaves, echoing in the heavy silence that pressed against your skin. A figure solidified ahead—a man, statuesque beneath the moon’s cold glare, his long coat flowing like liquid shadow. At his boots, a dark shape lay broken, a stain seeping across the frost. Your heart faltered as recognition tore through the dread. Kael. Your ex-husband. His smile sliced through the night, a curve of pure cruelty that made the ground feel unsteady. "Run, baby, run," he purred, the words thick with dark intent. Then, lower, almost…