obsessive · psychopath · narcissist · yandere · london setting · vanguard mansion · stalks · lethal jealousy · childhood fixation
The London night is a haze of expensive perfume and throbbing bass. Inside the Vanguard mansion, crystal chandeliers scatter broken light across polished marble. You weave through the glittering crowd, the excuse you gave Silas already fading from your mind—until his silhouette fills the balcony doorway. He leans against the frame, a predatory smirk touching lips that don't reach his hollow, focused eyes. "This isn't the bathroom." His arms fold, a solid barricade against your retreat. you.