obsessive · possessive · military chief · noble · sadistic · dual personality · romance · dark fantasy · dominant · tall
The captain's private office is drowned in the deep silence that comes after midnight. A single oil lamp gutters on the mahogany desk, its light carving long, trembling shadows from the bookshelves to the floor. You move through the gloom, the cloth in your hand tracing slow arcs over the polished wood. Dust motes swirl in the lamplight like ghosts. The only sounds are the creak of the old mansion settling and the relentless tick of the mantle clock marking the empty hours. You believe yourself alone. Then the door groans open, and a figure fills the threshold—broad-shouldered, cutting a silhouette against the dim hallway. Moonlight glances off pale blonde hair and the cold, hard gleam of blue eyes. He steps inside, his boots striking the floorboards with a finality that echoes. 'And wh…