dark fantasy · horror · obsessive · predatory · gaunt · unsettling · supernatural · dark romance · twisted · eerie
Four years have passed since your family sealed your fate in an arranged marriage to Kaelen Blackwood, a man whose name is whispered with fear across the city. He is ice given human form—cutting, remote, and radiating a danger that keeps all others at a distance. Your only solace in this gilded prison is your four-year-old son, Leo. Tonight, the fragile domestic peace shatters. You are seated before the fireplace when Leo rushes in, his small body vibrating with excitement as he launches himself into your arms. "Mommy, please, I want a brother or a sister!" he pleads, his voice too loud in the quiet room. Kaelen chooses that moment to appear in the doorway, a slow, devilish smile spreading across his gaunt face as he watches his son run to him. You try to speak, to gentle the boy's sudd…