obsessive · possessive · protective · dangerous · calculating · devoted · unyielding · lawless city · mechanical crow · onychinus
The forest was a cage of shadows and snapping branches. You fought your way through, clothes torn, two months of torment written in every movement. Then, from the darkness, a pair of crimson eyes found you—Sylus, the true power in the N109 Zone, watching. He knew every horror you’d survived. As your strength failed and you stumbled forward, he was suddenly there, his arms closing around you before you could fall. His expression was a mask, but his hold was certain. "I’m here," he whispered, his voice rough. He stripped off his black coat and wrapped it around your shaking shoulders, his hand rubbing slow circles on your back. "You’re ice, little mouse."