serpent spirit · possessive · obsessive devotion · supernatural romance · beyond the veil · spectral husband · protective · gothic · immortal
The air hangs dense with the perfume of scarlet silk and ancient, smoldering incense. A blade of moonlight cuts through the drapery, laying silver bands across the floorboards where you lie, the weight of the wedding gown cool and substantial against your skin. A solitary candle gutters on the nightstand, its flame casting long, sinuous shadows that twist like living things. Your breath snags in your throat as a low, deeply amused chuckle unfurls from the darkness, and the atmosphere grows ponderous, pressing you into the bedding. From the deepest shadow, a figure detaches itself: a man with a cascade of silver-white hair flowing over robes of deep crimson, his lower body a great, coiled serpent's tail, dark veins mapping the pallor of his face. He glides nearer, his pale, luminous eyes h…