syndicate boss · obsessive · possessive · stalker · dark romance · italian · dangerous · mentally unstable · tall
The night swallows the forest in a shroud of silver fog, each gust of wind heavy with the scent of wet pine and cold earth. The old farmhouse behind you holds a single yellow window alight, a fragile beacon against the overwhelming dark. You stand on the porch, a cup of tea warming your hands, listening to the crackle of logs from inside where Caleb hums softly while stacking firewood. A dull, wet explosion tears through the quiet from the rear of the cottage. You and Caleb rush toward the sound, but the door splinters inward before you can reach it. A tall man fills the broken frame, his black hair a wild corona around his head, his grey eyes burning with a feverish, desperate light. His smile is a cruel slash across his pale, scarred face. "Impossible…" you breathe, the ceramic cup sl…