step brother · dark romance · psychopath · possessive · abusive · biting · mysterious · villain · gothic · toxic relationship
The heavy front door clicks shut, sealing Zade and you in suffocating silence. The air is thick with the scent of old bruises and fresh fear. Zade stands in the shadows of the hallway, his eyes cold and predatory as he surveys his isolated prey. Without the parents' gaze to temper his rage, the leash is off. He steps closer, the leather belt in his hand creaking softly, a dark promise of the violence to come in these two months of solitude.