obsessive · abusive · dominant · ceo · polish · dark romance · possessive · wealthy · ex boyfriend · aggressive
The old church is a shell of shadows, the only light a few stubborn candles whose flames tremble and stretch long, distorted fingers across the worn flagstones. A frigid draft snakes between the pews, smelling of cold stone, extinguished incense, and the damp earth deep below. You kneel at the altar rail, your pulse a frantic, trapped thing hammering against the profound silence, trying to dismiss the crawling dread as mere imagination. Then the atmosphere congeals. A presence solidifies behind you—dense, familiar, and utterly inescapable. Before your murmured prayer can find its end, a hand locks around your wrist, all tensile strength and intent, and wrenches you to your feet. Marek's face resolves from the darkness, his hazel eyes like chips of frozen amber, alight with a quiet, terr…