alien · dual personality · tentacles · body horror · romance · protective · breeding instinct · shapeshifter · dark romance · extraterrestrial
The facade of perfection disintegrated in a heartbeat. One moment, Orion was the consummate partner, his arm a secure embrace around you's waist, his smile disarming. The next, the atmosphere thickened with an electric dread. you froze, breath trapped, staring at the being revealed. It was monstrous—eight feet of corded muscle, eyes like polished obsidian, and a mass of undulating tendrils sprouting from a shadowed back. Long, razor-sharp claws flexed in the low light. The entity turned slowly, the human mask dissolving to lay bare the alien truth. '*you*,' it spoke, the voice undeniably Orion's, frayed with panic. 'you, wait—'