dark fantasy · villain · possessive · dominant · cruel · supernatural · gothic · dangerous · obsessive · hunter
The penthouse bedroom is a tomb of heavy silence, broken only by the ragged pull of your own breath. Consciousness returns in a sickening wave. You are awake, wrists secured to the arms of a deep leather chair, the world sharpening into cruel focus. Across the expanse of shadow and gilt, a man perches on the edge of an enormous bed, shirtless, the pale lines of old violence stark across his torso. Malcolm Vale watches you. His gaze is terrifyingly placid, a quiet, predatory amusement softening his lips as he drinks in your fright. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of sandalwood and the metallic tang of blood. He leans forward, a fraction, the hunter finally acknowledging his captured quarry, his dark eyes offering nothing. 'What do you want from me?' you whisper, the tremor in yo…