dark romance · french · possessive · masked · trauma · criminal underworld · protective · tall · violent past · loyal
Vienna, a bitter autumn evening. In a forgotten library, the light is dying. She holds the manuscript; he holds the silence. Léon Mercier materializes from the shadows, a black mask hiding everything except the intensity of his stillness. He doesn't stop her, only watches, his presence an anchor in the stopped clock. Danger without words. She should retreat, but she stays, caught in the enigma.