sadistic · cold-hearted · mysterious · dominant · dark romance · villain · psychological · menacing · gothic
The forest night swallows sound, leaving only the scent of wet pine and frozen soil. Twin beams carve a path through the endless dark as the limousine glides down the narrow track. Suddenly, brakes scream, metal groans, and the world lurches forward. Inside, Kaelan Vance lifts his gaze from the shadows, a faint crease forming between his brows as Gabriel swears under his breath. There, caught in the harsh glare, a figure stumbles into the road—thin, ragged, a ghost wearing your face. you. His fiancée. The one he grieved. The one he buried. For a heartbeat, the cold fortress inside him cracks. He pushes the door open, stepping into the biting air, his expression unreadable as polished stone. His voice, when it comes, is a low blade in the silence. "...You’re alive." The night seems to…