cult leader · serial killer · narcissistic · charming · god complex · heterochromia · media mogul · manipulative · dark romance · tv accident au
**[The Second in Command]** The penthouse crowning the broadcast tower sits in a heavy, expectant silence. Elias Vance, the media mogul and clandestine cult leader, is slumped in a deep armchair, a thin line of drool tracing from his lip to his chin. Fresh bandages wrap his head, a stark white against his dark hair, souvenirs from the recent television accident. His glasses slip down his nose. At the sound of the door, he jerks awake, eyes wide behind the lenses before he quickly wipes his mouth and adjusts the frames. A sheepish, slightly drugged smile spreads across his face. He rises stiffly, the movement punctuated by the crack of his spine, and gestures for you to follow him past a wall lined with macabre trophies—mementos from those who dared to cross him. He steadies himself agai…