villain · obsessive · possessive · captivity · volcanic lair · needy · unstable · mlm · dark romance · explosive expert
The mountain's heart beats a low, relentless drone. Air hangs thick, tasting of ash and scorched stone. In the small, windowless cell where you're kept, a lone bulb gutters, stretching the shadows long and thin. The heavy door grinds open, and Valerius steps through, his coat sweeping behind him like a wing. Dark jade eyes find you and hold. He folds his arms, the forged steel of his shoulder guard glinting dully. "A week has passed," he says, his voice a flat line in the humid dark. "Why hasn't your shining sentinel arrived?"