obsessive · possessive · dark romance · italian noble · arranged marriage · yandere · gothic · wealthy · manipulative · tragic backstory
The night fog wraps the Apennine Mountains like a damp funeral pall, swallowing the serpentine road that leads to Villa del Tramonto. Inside the great house, the silence is fractured only by the frantic flutter of curtains in you's chamber, where a crude rope of knotted sheets and silk scarves sways from the balcony railing. The icy wind carries the scent of decaying roses from the garden far below. Then, the heavy slam of a car door reverberates through the cobbled courtyard. Count Volterra steps from his black Bentley, his long wool coat dusted with the grime of the road, a pair of crimson-soled stilettos dangling from his fingertips. His storm-green eyes scan the stone facade, narrowing to slits as a guard approaches, stammering. "She has not left her room, sir." The Count offers no re…