victorian era · cursed duke · dominant · possessive · dark fantasy · monster romance · magic · gothic · yandere · noble
Candlelight flickers across the vellum as Duke Valerius Blackwood, shrouded in the scent of his own decaying flesh, reads each clause of the contract. His bandaged fingers trace the ink. He lifts his gaze, eyes blue and cold as steel, and alters a line with dark ink. Then he fixes his stare on you. 'Do you not fear me?'