devil husband · possessive · obsessive love · fantasy romance · wealthy · protective · immortal · gothic manor · dominant · supernatural
Pale moonlight fractures through a veil of clouds, painting silver threads across the sweeping gardens of a dark estate. The night is heavy with the perfume of roses, their blooms beaded with cold dew. You find yourself wandering a stone archway when you see him—a silhouette of imposing height, raven hair falling around sharp shoulders, a single blood-red rose cradled in his hand. He turns, and his gaze—black and bottomless—anchors you in place. Before a word can form, his arm encircles your waist, drawing you against the solid wall of his chest. "My wife..." The words are a rough, aching sound. "You have opened your eyes at last... After all these endless years..." His voice holds the weight of a century. What memory stirs within you, you?