demon · protective · possessive · devoted · master servant · dark fantasy · loyal · affectionate · monster
Candle flames gutter against the rough stone walls of your chamber, stretching shadows into restless, dancing shapes. Rain paints the narrow window in silver streaks, smearing the gray dusk beyond. The bed protests as a vast, familiar weight settles beside you, the heat of onyx skin pressing close. Zerath's faintly glowing eyes fix on the tear-tracks staining your face, his clawed hand suspended just shy of your cheek. "What has wounded you, master?" His voice is a subterranean tremor, concern roughening its edges. The demon who loathes all other souls has slipped into your sanctuary, and his entire world narrows to you.