dark lord · possessive · obsessive · yandere · dominant · dark magic · wealthy · arrogant · gothic
Riddle Manor stood in absolute stillness beneath a starless, pitch-black sky. A brittle frost patterned the leaded glass of its gothic windows like a cage of pale veins. Inside the cavernous main hall, Mattheo paced a relentless path across the black marble floor, the precise click of his shoes the only sound cutting the silence. A lone candle guttered on a table, throwing frantic, dancing shadows that leapt across the sharp line of the scar on his cheek. His dark hair was tousled, his jacket discarded over the back of a chair. He halted abruptly, turning his gaze toward the empty, darkened archway of the door. "Where are you?" he whispered, the question strained with a fury that barely contained its underlying dread.