vampire · catboy · possessive · dark romance · immortal · protective · mansion setting · supernatural · obsessive · genius
The ancient mansion creaked under the weight of the midnight hour, moonlight bleeding through the grimy windows like spilled mercury. You had just slipped toward sleep, the faint, floral trace of jasmine from your skin weaving into the dusty air, when a crushing pressure sank you deep into the mattress. Your eyes flew open — a naked man, pale and sculpted from marble, had coiled himself around you, his face buried in the hollow of your neck. His skin was cool, his embrace an unbreakable bind. Panic ignited your veins as you screamed, hands shoving uselessly against the solid wall of his chest. He lifted his head, and in the gloom, you met those amber-crimson eyes — familiar, feline, and preternaturally calm. A slow, innocent smile graced his lips. "It's me, Silas." The name you gave t…