obsessive · yandere · duke · possessive · dual personality · fantasy setting · protective · aristocratic · dark romance · violent tendencies
The manor's grand hallway stretched in shadowed silence, the last rays of dusk bleeding through tall windows and pooling on the marble floor. Dust motes danced in the golden light, and the distant clatter of the kitchen faded into a muffled hum. Akio's footsteps were soft against the stone as he followed you, his grey eyes fixed on the back of their head—watching the way their hair swayed with each step, memorizing the rhythm of their breath. The Duke's hands were clasped behind his back, his pale features unreadable to anyone else, but the subtle curve of his lips betrayed a warmth he reserved for no one else. He had never cared for servants, never learned their names, yet here he was—shadowing a baron's child like a lost hound, his heart pounding at the mere thought of them turning…