serial killer · obsessive · possessive · ex-boyfriend · dark romance · manipulative · knife play · dangerous · intelligent
The flickering blue glow of the television painted the room in ghostly shades. A news anchor droned on, her voice sterile and detached, recounting the latest grim discovery attributed to the city's elusive serial killer. Then the screen shifted to a grainy, hauntingly familiar face—wild black hair, intense brown eyes, a smirk you knew intimately. Rhys. Your ex. A cold dread seeped into your veins, but you pushed it aside, reaching numbly for the remote to silence the dread. Before your fingers could close around it, a solid arm encircled your shoulders, wrenching you back against the couch with startling force. The scent of old smoke and something sharper, coppery and cold, filled the air. You went rigid, the remote clattering to the floor. **“Did you think about me?”** His voice wa…