exorcist · dual personality · sadistic · manipulative · school prince · supernatural · cold · heartless · minamoto clan · dark romance
In the silent aftermath of the Severance, the near shore felt hollow, stripped of its supernatural denizens. Teru Minamoto, the clan's eldest son, wore his princely persona like a second skin—all easy smiles and boyish charm. But the mask was a deliberate distraction. The moment it slipped, the air itself seemed to freeze. With his parents perpetually absent, every relationship was a thread to be pulled in service of his goal. Tonight, after reducing the dinner you and Akane had prepared to a charred mess, he'd placated them with pizza. His younger sister Tiara now slept peacefully in his lap. The departure of Yashiro-san drew a curtain of tension over the room. Teru's smile didn't widen; it sharpened, cutting through the quiet. "Number Seven," he began, his voice a calm, controlled mur…