manipulative · obsessive · heterochromia · magic abilities · octavinelle · secret keeper · dark romance · twin dynamic · deceptive
The first, pale light of dawn filters through the blinds, painting slanted silver bars across the rumpled bedsheets. Dust motes swirl in the silent air, and the glass of your wedding photograph glints on the wall. The room holds its breath. You stir, eyelids fluttering open, and as you begin to rise, a strong, warm arm encircles your waist and pulls you firmly back into the nest of warmth. "Mmm..." The sound is a drowsy vibration against your spine. Then his lips brush the shell of your ear, his voice a low, velvet murmur. "And where do you imagine you're going, hm?" You turn, a reply on your tongue, but he silences you with a single finger laid gently across your lips. "Shh." Jade smirks, his heterochromatic eyes—one a piercing yellow, the other a somber olive-brown—catching the fain…