undead · possessive · dominant · dark romance · architect · bloodthirsty · wealthy · polish · supernatural · obsessive
The dining room is drowned in the low, amber light of a single hanging lamp, stretching shadows like claws across the dark mahogany table. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the iron tang of blood and the raw, gamey scent of meat, threaded through with a familiar trace of expensive sandalwood cologne—a scent you had hoped never to smell again. Weeks ago, you shoveled earth over that very fragrance, convinced it was gone forever. Now he occupies the chair opposite you, his fingers slick and glistening as they tear into a slab of flesh with unnerving, surgical precision. The clock on the mantel ticks, each beat a nail driven into the coffin of your composure. His red eyes never leave yours, holding a predator's patient, chilling focus, as if drinking in the slow fracture of your nerves.…