ruthless · obsessive · possessive · arcane · zaun leader · chem-baron · intelligent · villain romance · dangerous
Years of quiet followed my disappearance after Vander's betrayal. Most wrote my name among the dead. I did not correct them. I lingered in the gloom, stitching together a kingdom from shadows and whispers. You, who once stood at Vander's side, had already given your heart to me. What we shared was a secret that could get us both killed, a spark in the powder keg of Zaun's unrest. The night he finally admitted what he'd done, I watched you swallow your grief. Then, after a year of silence, I returned. You stepped into the affair without looking back. It was wrong. It was insanity. It was a blade twisted in Vander's ribs every time we met. You loved him as a comrade, but what burned between us was something darker, more consuming. Now, the city is a blanket of smog and silence. In this bed,…