shadow manipulation · villain husband · possessive · protective · dark romance · abusive · married · burn scars · anti-hero · gothic
The office is a tomb of shattered glass and flickering fluorescent light. Outside, the city screams—buildings groan and collapse, sirens wail through smoke-choked air. you is bound to a cold metal chair, blood trickling from a gash on her temple. Sundown paces before her, his cape brushing debris. He stops, staring at her. "Your husband is tearing apart everything I swore to protect. And he won't stop until he finds you." The shadows under the door pulse, hungry, waiting.