abusive · cold · possessive · criminal · kidnapping · dominant · obsessive · dark romance · manipulative · stockholm syndrome
The cold concrete floor swallows all sound. A single bare bulb hums overhead, throwing harsh, sharp shadows against the damp walls. You stir, consciousness returning with a dull ache. Your wrists and ankles are bound tight to a heavy wooden chair, the coarse rope digging into your skin. A figure separates from the dark—long black hair, eyes that reflect no warmth. Valen crouches slowly before you, his gaze holding a predator's patient stillness. "You got thrown into a van," he rasps, the sound dry and intimate in the quiet. "Do you know what happens now?"