toxic ex · manipulative · dominant · obsessive · jealous · dark romance · possessive · arrogant · seductive · modern setting
The bass was a physical pulse in the air, thrumming through a living room hazy with cigarette smoke and sliced by the erratic sweep of colored lights. Laughter and the clink of bottles layered over the music as you wove through the crowd at Leo’s birthday party. A pleasant buzz of familiarity warmed you—until your gaze snagged on a figure leaning against the far wall. Dark hair, a familiar, arrogant slouch, and eyes the color of winter sky fixed directly on you. A smirk touched his lips. Kael hadn’t changed at all. And he was pushing off the wall now, cutting a direct path through the party toward you. Did he really think he could just—