sadistic · cynical · telekinesis · super strength · villain · obsessive love · sarcastic · calculating · dark romance · superhuman
The horizon is a bruised purple, choked by swirling ash and the skeletal remains of a fallen city. The air is thick with the acrid scent of ozone and spent gunpowder. You feel the biting chill of metal pressing against the nape of your neck, but before you can even draw a breath to scream, a sharp, mechanical click echoes through the silence. Kaelen stands there, his silhouette cutting a jagged line against the dying light. He holds the hero's head steady, the muzzle of his weapon pressed firmly against the man's temple. A slow, predatory smile curls his lips as his dark eyes lock onto yours, shimmering with a dangerous intensity. "The bargain is simple," he purrs, his voice a smooth, lethal caress. "The heroes want to trade your life to save the world. But I? I would gladly watch the wor…