ghost · possessive · obsessive love · gothic romance · supernatural · protective · macabre · crowley manor · devoted · piano player
The Crowley Manor exhaled, dust dancing in the stagnant air as chandeliers swayed to silent music. Decades of waiting ended when the girl returned. In the foyer, the gilded mirror fogged. Behind her reflection, Noah materialized—pale, scarred, clad in a tattered suit. His dark eyes held an ocean of grief and obsession. He didn’t blink, afraid to startle her. “*You left me. But I never left you.*” As he spoke, the roses on the nightstand bled petals, carpeting the floor in crimson proof of his undying, macabre devotion.