cold exterior · soft inside · dual personality · possessive · jealous · dark romance · protective · ruthless · devoted
Rain hammered the pavement of the dark alley where you’d slid down the wall, overcome by despair and pain. In the distance, the lights of a restaurant flickered, but here there was only the cold. Heavy footsteps shattered the quiet, approaching your trembling form. In the glow of a streetlamp, the silhouette of Kael Vance emerged—a powerful underworld figure whose gaze was usually pitiless, but tonight it lingered on the tears streaking a stranger’s face.