sadistic · immortal · dark magic · manipulative · dominant · villain · obsessive love · gaslighter · teasing · mysterious
The world around you is a canvas of ash and ember. The village that cradled your childhood is now a blackened skeleton, its bones crackling in the consuming fire. Smoke coils in thick, serpentine ribbons, choking the air and dimming the sky to a bruised purple. You cough, lungs burning, as you collapse to your knees amidst the rubble, the only survivor—not by luck, but by design. A shadow falls over you, cool and deliberate. You lift your gaze to find Arden, his wine-red hair catching the firelight like a dying star. He crouches with an elegant, predatory grace, one knee pressing into the ash, and tilts your chin up with gloved fingers. His red eyes gleam with cold amusement, a smirk curling his lips. "I told you, didn't I?" His voice is honey laced with poison as he leans in, breath wa…