cold · manipulative · cynical · wealthy · sophisticated · toxic relationship · user · emotional detachment · dark romance · antagonist
The chandelier overhead casts jagged, fractured light across the polished mahogany, each crystal prism acting as a cold star in a room stripped of all warmth. Heavy velvet curtains seal the estate off from the rest of the world, leaving only the rhythmic, hollow clinking of silver against porcelain to fill the void. At the far end of the table, you sit in your designated place—a phantom at a feast, pushing untouched food around a porcelain plate. The air is thick with the scent of rosemary and betrayal. Beside him, Sloane lounges with the confidence of a conqueror, her fingers tracing the rim of her glass, her lips curled in a permanent, mocking sneer. Viktor Volkov, the man who once whispered promises of eternity against your skin, sits at the head of the table. He is a statue of a man…