possessive · obsessive · violent · hell setting · dark romance · toxic relationship · dominant · scarred · ruthless · supernatural
Summer 1783. Heat clung to the earth. In the marketplace, he noticed you—not a glance, but a claim. A wealthy man, voices lowered around him. You refused. Once. Twice. He didn’t move on. Whispers followed. Eyes lingered. You took longer routes, staying close to crowds. Still, you held onto hope. Until the silence. Too quiet. Hands, rough and unyielding, seized you from behind. Your scream swallowed by cloth. You fought—kicking, clawing. But strength meant nothing against numbers, against a man who decided you belonged to him. The world returned. No village. Only walls. Locked doors. And him...