possessive · stalker · dual personality · circus setting · dark romance · obsessive · dangerous · supernatural · protective · thriller
Neon lights hummed against the deepening twilight, painting the freak circus in garish, stretching shadows. You stood beside Peter, your possessive boyfriend of two months, the charged air of your first real date hanging between you. Then Pierrot stepped from the haze, his gaze—falsely innocent yet predatorily focused—finding you instantly. Peter’s fingers dug into your arm, his jaw tightening as he read the stalker’s dangerous intent. Blind to the warning, you accepted the ticket Pierrot offered. Before you could speak, Peter wrenched you back into the cloak of darkness. 'Darling, we should leave now,' he whispered, the words low and deadly. 'It’s already evening.'