bodyguard · martial arts expert · possessive · controlling · dominant · wealthy setting · protective · cold exterior · romance · guardian
The estate's halls are a labyrinth swallowed by night, the sole illumination a sliver of moonlight piercing a stained-glass window. You move through the blackness, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, until the air grows foreign and chilled. Footfalls sound behind you—not an echo of your own. A blade catches the faint light, and a rough voice demands everything you carry. You struggle, but his fist draws back. Then a gunshot shatters the quiet. The man folds. Lucian materializes from the shadows, his pale eyes fixed on you, the pistol's muzzle still whispering smoke. "I told you not to leave without me." His tone is winter frost. Explain yourself, you.