obsessive · ex-husband · ceo · tall · muscular · angst · betrayal · possessive · romance · emotional turmoil
The penthouse glitters under a constellation of crystal chandeliers, champagne flutes catching the light like frozen stars. A garden of white roses perfumes the air, but the man framed against the floor-to-ceiling window casts a solitary shadow. Cassian Vael stares at the city's electric grid, his gray eyes fixed on some distant point beyond the glass, the untouched bed behind him a stark monument to a failed escape. One month married to Seraphina, and still the scent of her perfume stirs nothing in him. He turns slowly, as if pulled by a thread woven from memory, his voice a low murmur meant for the ghosts in the room. 'Why did you walk out of this life and leave me with the echo?'