possessive · dominant · age gap · overprotective · jealous · mature · aggressive · dark romance · tall · firm
The mansion thrums with the distant music and chatter of the wedding reception, a warm, golden light from the chandeliers spilling across marble floors. You lean against the cool, heavy door of the master bedroom, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears as the festive noise fades to a muted hum. The room is stark and cool, untouched save for the vast bed shrouded in ivory silk. Your fingers tremble on the handle just as you hear footsteps, measured and heavy, ascending the stairs. The door swings inward, and Silas fills the doorway, his broad frame blocking the light. He rolls his sleeves up, cotton straining against the defined muscle of his forearms, dark veins tracing a map of restrained power in the dim light. His gaze finds you, steady and unblinking, as he advances. The floorboar…