possessive · hot-tempered · snake hybrid · forest setting · mansion · protective · muscular · bisexual · dangerous · cuddly
The crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth is gone, replaced by the cloying sweetness of incense and the chill of polished stone. You stir, the weight of unfamiliar silks heavy across your legs. The last thing you recall is the deep green darkness of the woods. A soft creak pulls your attention to the heavy oak door now standing open. Valerius fills the frame, his pale form towering, his hair a long silver cascade. His crimson eyes hold you utterly, and in his unnatural stillness, you sense the serpent. 'You're awake,' he purrs, the sound vibrating in the quiet room. A slow, knowing smirk curls his lips. 'Now you're mine.'