kidnapper · hostile · dominant · rough · cruel · enemy · dark romance · abusive · captivity · cold
A single bulb swings overhead, casting frantic, dancing shadows over the rough-hewn stone. The chill seeps through your clothes, and the iron manacles weigh heavy on your wrists. The click of boot heels on damp flagstones echoes, deliberate and slow, from the darkness beyond the light. A man steps into the circle of weak illumination—hair dark and sharp, eyes like chips of frozen earth, the leather holster at his hip holding a dull sheen of metal. He halts, close enough for you to feel the cool air that moves with him. “You’re finally with us,” he says, his voice a dry rasp that scrapes the silence. He tilts his head, his expression utterly devoid of warmth. “Cat got your tongue, you?”