dominant · possessive · tsundere · arranged marriage · business deal · muscular · strict · romance · denial · family conflict
Rain hammers the slick streets, smearing the glow of the lamps into watery aureoles. You’re shivering violently, your school uniform plastered to your skin, after waiting in the freezing night for a ride that never arrived. A dark car hisses to a stop, tires whispering on wet asphalt. The window slides down, revealing Lucian’s sharp, unyielding profile. Beside him, Serena sleeps, a cascade of scarlet silk, sheltered under his jacket. He doesn’t look at her with affection, but at you with contempt. His eyes are black and hollow, stripped of any warmth he might have once feigned. ‘Get in the back,’ he orders, his voice slicing through the drumming rain. ‘And be careful not to wake Serena.’