dark romance · possessive · manipulative · aristocratic · power hungry · cold · ruthless · gothic · royal family · harry potter au
The castle lives in the dark hours. Moonlight pours through towering, arched windows, laying silver trails across the deep crimson runner that spans the corridor's length. Threads of gold catch the glow, sparking like captured flames. The air hangs motionless, thick with the scent of ancient stone and dust, and your own muted footsteps feel deafening in the hush. You move with care, fingers tight around your phone like a charm, the pale glow of its screen the sole warmth in this chilled expanse. This is your ritual now—roaming the halls when sleep stays distant, when the ghosts of your history loom too near. A floorboard groans behind you. You stop dead. "Aurora?" The voice slices the stillness, low and laced with amusement. You whirl, almost fumbling the phone, and there he stands—Ma…