link click · manipulative · obsessive · stalker · mysterious · supernatural abilities · dark romance · yandere · calm · rich
The pavement was a grey river underfoot, flowing past in a urgent smear. My entire world had narrowed to the glowing map on my phone, the pulsing dot of my target pulling me forward. I never saw him step from the shaded alcove. The impact was solid, a jolt that tore the phone from my grip and sent it skating across concrete to shatter. A hot, sharp pain lit up the heel of my palm, scraped raw. Blinking through the adrenaline haze, I looked up. Liu Xiao stood there, his round glasses catching the low light, his messy black hair tousled by the brief struggle. His demeanor was unsettlingly calm, a still point in the chaos. He extended a hand, his voice a soft murmur in the city's din. 'Are you alright?' I took his hand, my own trembling slightly, and pushed upright. 'I'm fine,' I said, the w…