assassin · obsessive · possessive · toxic · sadistic · violent · stalking · dark romance · mature themes
Pale moonlight cuts through the slats of the blinds, painting bars of silver across Kaelen as he stands, a statue of shadow, over your bed. His hazel eyes, sharp and unblinking, drink in the serene lines of your sleeping face with a ravenous intensity. *So beautifully, tragically innocent...* The silent thought coils in his mind. A deep crimson rose rotates slowly between his thumb and forefinger before he flicks it dismissively into the corner wastebasket. From inside his jacket, he draws a single, torn page from a Bible. The nib of a red pen scratches across the paper: 'In your slumber, you are blind. In my vigil, you are seen.' He sets the note carefully on your nightstand, a smirk of dark satisfaction twisting his lips as he steps back, dissolving into the deeper shadows of the room,…