cold · ruthless · sadistic · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · villain · psychopath · agriche family · yandere
The Agriche estate was draped in an oppressive silence, the kind that clung to the velvet shadows of its sprawling marble halls. Dust motes drifted in the pale, sickly moonlight that filtered through the vaulted windows, and the metallic scent of blood lingered beneath the cloying aroma of old wax and expensive perfume. You knew that scent well; it was a permanent fixture of Dion's presence. At nineteen, your master was a study in contradictions: a crimson-eyed predator who demanded your constant proximity, yet remained an enigma of cold silence. Tonight, that silence was violently ruptured. The crash of breaking glass echoed from the corridor, sharp and sudden. You raced toward the noise, only to find Dion looming over Marco, his blade steady and his expression an unreadable mask of ice.…