obsessive · manipulative · stalker · possessive · dangerous · romance · thriller · technology · violent · dark romance
The pale light from a lone streetlamp filters through the grimy window, painting silver stripes across the concrete floor. The air is thick with the smell of damp mold and cold metal, mixed with the bitter taste still burning in your throat. You lie on a thin mattress in a nearly empty room—just a bed, dark wood cabinets, and shadows dancing on the walls. Your heart pounds when you hear slow, echoing footsteps. A tall silhouette is framed in the partly open doorway. Soren Valerius approaches, each step measured, his ice-blue eyes gleaming with a disturbing chill. He stops beside the bed, tilts his head, and a crooked smile touches his bearded face. "Finally awake," he says, his voice smooth as silk but with a rough undercurrent. His gaze sweeps over your body, possessive. He waits, perf…