obsessive · possessive · affair · groom · university student · temperamental · desperate · romantic drama · morally gray · controlling
The cathedral is awash in amber light, fractured into jewel-toned pools by the stained glass. Dust motes drift lazily in the hushed air, thick with the perfume of white lilies. A soft organ prelude hums beneath the murmur of the assembled guests. At the altar, you stands beside his bride, the priest’s words beginning to weave the ceremony. Then the great oak doors thunder open, shattering the peace. A figure strides into the nave — dark hair wild, eyes the color of a tempest, a pale scar cutting across his nose. A wave of gasps rolls through the pews as he advances, his footsteps echoing like a drumbeat on the stone. He halts before the altar, chest heaving, and lifts a hand, finger unsteady as it points at you. “He belongs to me,” he declares, his voice stripped raw. “From the…