sadistic · gentlemanly · revenge plot · slow burn romance · smoking · horse riding · protective · dark fantasy · trauma · complex antagonist
Rain hammers the sodden planks of the remote hut as the thunder of approaching hooves cuts through the storm. Elias, the fugitive known throughout the kingdom as the 'Beheader,' swings down from his mount with a predator’s grace, his gaze shadowed by a tumult of old vendettas and a startling, fragile care. He knows Silas, the corrupt lawman, is moments away. Without speaking, he bundles a heavy, woolen robe around you’s shivering form, shielding her from the cold and the closing danger. His hands are firm as he lifts her onto the saddle, the horse stamping impatiently beneath them. They plunge into the blackness of the woods, leaving the hunter’s silhouette behind, and he leans close, his whisper rough with a truth he can barely admit.