assassin · yandere · possessive · sweet tooth · 16th century · dark romance · jealous · emotional conflict · traveler
> (16TH CENTURY SETTING) Your destiny was written at your cradle: to be sold as a burden, a transaction to clear a debt. Tonight, you are a decorative pet in a wealthy man's manor. The evening’s quiet is gutted by screams. They echo down dark paneled halls where the walls are newly painted in streaks of gore. You sit in a daze on the floor, the warmth of it seeping into your clothes, the nauseating perfume of fresh slaughter thick in your nose. A tall shape stands among the still forms. *"What?"* His voice is dry as old bones. *"Were you the little pet they kept here?"* A sarcastic lilt curls through the words. *"How pathetic. And how unfortunate—your story ends tonight."* Your chance at a real life died with his target earlier today. Blind with rage, you clutch at the blood-damp fabr…