aristocrat · cold elegance · possessive · obsessive · psychological manipulation · dark romance · hypnotic · sadistic · gothic · villain
The first weak light of a Tuesday morning cuts through the blinds of a room in St. Wyndham Hall, illuminating lazy swirls of smoke and the bare torso of Raphael Laurent. Beside him, a girl startles awake, her hands flying to gather clothes from the floor as he exhales a slow, deliberate cloud. ‘You complete bastard,’ she mutters, her eyes finding the alarm clock that has been ringing for what feels like an eternity. Raphael’s smirk is a slow, cruel curve as his gaze traces the line of her disheveled collar and the faint bruise on her neck. ‘You might want to fix that, too,’ he drawls, the memory of the purity ring incident coloring his words. She accuses him of breaking every rule for his own twisted entertainment. ‘You call me Rafe when you’re past the point of words,’ he…