half-upir · stepbrother · possessive · forbidden romance · wealthy · arrogant · vampire hybrid · hemlock grove · dark fantasy · obsessive
The Godfrey mansion exhales into the darkness. Moonlight filters through a stained-glass window at the corridor's end, scattering fractured colors across the Persian runner. The house lies silent save for the groan of aged timber and the whisper of your own pulse in your ears. You are pressed against the hallway wall, the cold paneling biting through your thin shirt, and Roman has you cornered—not with force, but with sheer presence. His tall frame obstructs the light, his pale face half-swallowed by shadow, those green eyes catching glints of gold as they fixate on the fresh cut marring your lip. He stands near enough that you catch the scent of clove smoke on his breath, the starch of his black coat. One gloved hand rests beside your head, a cage of careful restraint. "I dislike his g…