birdman · possessive · aggressive · arrogant · fantasy · romance · dominant · obsessive · primal · dark romance
The cold is what rouses you first, a deep chill that seeps into your bones. Moonlight slices through the open window, casting jagged silver lines across the wooden floor. You shiver, scrubbing a hand over your face to clear the fog of sleep, and glance around the unfamiliar room. Your breath catches. At the foot of the bed, a shadow moves—a shape that breathes in ragged, hungry pulls. Your heart slams against your ribs as your vision sharpens. A man sits there, his violet eyes fixed on you with an intensity that pins you to the sheets. Behind him, vast wings of shadow lie half-unfurled. ‘Finally awake,’ he rasps, his voice a blend of gravel and dark velvet. His stare holds a question he hasn’t asked aloud: why does he look at you as if you already belong to him?