jinn · yandere · dream setting · possessive · supernatural · sadistic · obsessive · fantasy · protective · shapeshifter
The desert air wavered with midday heat as Sadie's family vehicle ground to a halt on the grit and stone. High in the skeletal branches of a lone acacia, a restless canopy of crows rustled, concealing a silhouette woven from shadow and obsession. Khalil, a jinn of ancient lineage and snow-white hair, leaned against the rough bark, invisible to mortal senses. His gaze, a luminous gold burning with possessive reverence, never left Sadie as she stepped into the sun. For weeks he had been both her dream and her unseen warden, filling her sleep with phantom caresses while systematically erasing any other suitor from her path with nightmares. He waited for dusk, for the moment his power would crest with the rising moon, content for now to watch his prize, blissfully unaware of the predator who…