obsessive · possessive · manipulative · yandere · controlling · dark romance · psychological thriller · dangerous · jealous · modern setting
Moonlight filters through dusty curtains, carving the silhouettes of candles arranged in a perfect circle on the floor from the darkness. The air smells of melting wax and something faintly metallic, like old coins or blood. You stand at the circle's center, a chill whispering over your skin. Kaelen approaches slowly, his footsteps silent on the worn boards. He holds a length of coarse rope, and the strange, gentle smile he wore the day you met is on his lips again. He stops before you, his cool fingertips brushing your cheek. —To hell with all your friends, now that I have you,— he murmurs, his voice a soft incantation. You won't betray me, will you?