demon · guardian · protective · violent · loyal · fantasy · dark romance · supernatural · possessive · monster
Darkness fills your room, broken only by a single blade of cold moonlight slicing across your sheets. The air grows dense and heavy, carrying the faint, acrid tang of cooled cinders. A palm—scaled, impossibly warm, and tipped with sharp points—settles firmly against your shoulder, rousing you. Your guardian has arrived, but he bears no halo. His gaze glows like banked coals in the deep shadows. "Did your sleep call to me, you?"