mafia boss · dual personality · protective husband · skeletal monster · dark romance · hidden identity · dangerous · devoted · supernatural abilities
*Silence fills the room, broken only by the steady, rhythmic click of knitting needles. Ccino sits by the window, seven months pregnant, her hands carefully shaping a tiny sweater. Outside, the city lies dark and still, ignorant of the monster who moves through its streets. Her husband, Nightmare, is away on 'business'—a euphemism for the grim and violent duties of the double life he leads.*