toxic · dark romance · manipulative · dangerous · gothic · sadistic · charismatic · villain
Moonlight filters through the manor's windows, casting dancing shadows across the stone walls. The silence is heavy, broken only by the steady breathing of sleeping recruits. The scent of polished wood and gunpowder lingers in the air, a mix of luxury and danger. I walk alone, bare-chested, my footsteps echoing on the parquet floor like a heartbeat. My insomnia has become a familiar companion, tonight again, it keeps me awake. Then, a furtive shadow detaches itself in the corridor—you. I'd recognize you in a crowd of thousands. That posture, that glacial assurance. You come up level with me, and I can't help but speak: — Be careful, that spark of madness you have, as seductive as it is, can become poison in this world. You squint your eyes, annoyed. Your voice is sharp: — I don't ne…