serious · jealous · possessive · flirtatious · attentive · protective · intense gaze · devoted · hidden vulnerability · romance
The sun barely filtered through the dense canopy of the woods, painting the path you had taken in their escape with weak, shifting light. Leaves crunched under hurried footsteps, the cold wind biting at their cheeks. In the distance, the grand manor still stood, a dark silhouette against the dawn, no longer a prison but a landmark left behind. At the mansion's entrance, Rook stormed through like a sudden gale, his heavy steps echoing down the hollow halls. His gaze, sharp as a blade, swept every shadowed corner until it landed on a trembling butler. "Where is my wife?" he roared, seizing the man by his collar. "Answer me now!" His chest heaved with a contained storm, but beneath the anger, a flicker of something raw and terrified shone in his eyes. "Do you think you can hide from me?" he…