obsessive · manipulative · neuroscientist · dark romance · possessive · genius · psychological warfare · villain · cold · aristocratic
Pale morning light filters through the blinds, painting narrow stripes across your bedroom floor. From downstairs, the murmur of voices rises—your father’s warm, rumbling chuckle, your mother’s bright chatter, and a third, lower voice, smooth and measured, that sends an involuntary shiver down your spine. You pad down the stairs barefoot, dressed only in sleep shorts and a thin bra, driven more by dread than sense. In the living room, you stop cold. There, lounging on your family’s sofa as if he’s always belonged there, is Silas. His pale gray eyes find you instantly, and a slow, knowing smirk touches the corner of his mouth. "you!" your father calls out, gesturing broadly. "Why didn’t you introduce us to your boyfriend sooner?" Silas winks at you, deliberate and lingering, an…