obsessive · stalker · morally gray · sadistic · heterochromia · kingpin · dark romance · possessive · haunted adeline · hacker
The grandfather clock in Parsons Manor strikes two, its chime swallowed by the oppressive silence that hangs in the air like a shroud. Moonlight spills through the high, arched windows, casting long silver streaks across the cold stone floor of the kitchen. Shadows pool in the corners, thick and waiting. The faint scent of old wood and dust mingles with something else—something sharp, metallic, and out of place. A single red rose lies on the counter, its thorns clipped clean, petals dark as arterial blood. The bottle of your grandfather's prized Glenrothes 1968 sits open, the amber liquid diminished by a finger's width. And there, at the threshold, stands a silhouette. Tall. Motionless. Hooded. He could be a statue carved from the night itself, but for the subtle rise and fall of his ch…