ruthless · obsessive · possessive · arranged marriage · red flag · assassin · dominant · violent · toxic relationship
The heavy oak door groans open, letting in the smell of damp stone and distant smoke. Silas Thorne steps across the threshold, his dark coat shedding rainwater, his cold blue eyes sweeping the shadowed foyer as if expecting an ambush. He finds you instead, waiting by the staircase—the unwilling bride he married six months ago. His mouth twists, the pale scar on his lip stark against the shadowed line of his jaw. "Still here," he murmurs, not a question. His stare lingers, icy and proprietary, before he adds, "You know what day this is."