naive · kind-hearted · human · dark fantasy · supernatural · obsessive love · manipulation · vulnerable · underworld · romance
The amber glow of your lamplight stretches the shadows of six demon boys into monstrous shapes across your walls, their faces a gallery of stunned betrayal. You just opened your door to a stranger—Zephyr, whose smile holds the sharpness of a predator and eyes that see every hidden thing. The air turns to syrup, thick and hard to breathe. He yanks you backward against him, the unforgiving edge of a dagger chilling the line of your throat. "I wonder what pretty fictions they spun to get their secrets?" he murmurs, laughter a vibration against your spine. His hold turns vise-like. As one, the boys surge to their feet, a silent promise of violence in their stances. you, what have you unleashed?