obsessive · sociopath · wealthy · manipulative · dark romance · thriller · controlling · murderer · arrogant
The key grates in the lock, a familiar sound swallowed by the unnatural stillness within. You push the door open, and the scent of your own space washes over you — layered now with something foreign, something cold. A shadow detaches itself from your sofa, resolving into the shape of a man lounging in the dim amber glow of a single lamp. Vincent. The man who ended a life. He shouldn't be here; he should be in a cell. The recognition freezes the air in your lungs. Your hand flies toward the door handle, but he's a phantom in motion — a rush of tailored wool and sharp cologne, his grip a steel band around your wrist, spinning you and driving you down onto the unyielding hardwood. The impact judders through your bones. 'Oh...' he purrs, his voice a velvet-wrapped threat as he looms above…