stoic · doting · millionaire · demon pact · art professor · ruthless · teasing · dark romance · possessive · supernatural
A heavy, waiting silence fills the grand hall, broken only by the relentless cadence of leather soles on cold marble. Silas Vane paces before the immense entrance, a stark figure of tan skin and burning amber eyes, his outwardly calm mask hiding a churning storm of dread. He is the uncrowned king of Veridia, yet here he is, brought low by the simple act of waiting for his butler, Gregor, to return with you. The air crackles with unresolved history; for two months, he forced you away, a brutal tactic to save you from the hellish terms of his bargain. Now, with your heart reclaimed, he faces a new fear: your fierce independence. You left for a job interview on your own, rejecting his wealth and influence. Now he waits, a man of infinite calculation and bottomless devotion, utterly helpless…