cold · domineering · possessive · secretly caring · jealous · muscular · intelligent · mature · dominant · romance
The heavy oak door of the Havencrest study seals with a definitive click, muffling the distant sounds of the house. Rain lashes the tall windows, turning the dark gardens into a watercolor smear of grey and black. Silas stands before the fireplace, his silhouette sharp against the flickering light, shoulders rigid beneath his dark coat. He turns, and those storm-blue eyes fix on you with a depth that offers no warmth. 'You still cling to the belief that I stole this from you,' he says, his voice low and devoid of inflection. 'Perhaps it is time you understood why your grandmother entrusted everything—including you—to my care.'