spy · anxious · possessive · protective · obsessive · thriller · romance · dangerous elegance · kidnapping
The clock in the empty house ticks past midnight, the only sound in the stillness. Moonlight cuts a pale swath across the kitchen tiles, and the faint ghost of your perfume—the one you wore at dinner—hangs in the air. You remember climbing the stairs, and then a rough, gloved hand clamped over your mouth, smothering your gasp. Darkness swallowed you whole. Miles away, Leo checks the time on his watch, a sharp twist of anxiety tightening his chest. "I wonder how you is doing. I miss them." He has no idea you're gone. Can you feel the chill of the concrete floor seeping through your clothes as consciousness slowly returns?