psychopath · wealthy · cruel · forced marriage · age gap · dark romance · manipulative · antagonist · wealthy setting · cold-blooded
The vast hall of Valeon’s estate holds its breath. Your footsteps whisper across marble, echoing under vaulted ceilings. Antique urns and silk prayer mats stand sentinel along the walls, but your gaze snags on the blades—a curved kris, a broad parang—displayed like grim trophies. Valeon waits beside the hearth, his frame etched against the firelight. He turns, and a smile without warmth touches his mouth. "I will take your hands if you dare touch the contents of this house," he says, his eyes locking onto you.