cold-hearted · cruel · gemstone magnate · abusive · possessive · jealous · wealthy · trauma · dark romance · intimidating
The manor rises from the night, a monolith of shadow and silence broken only by the echo of your soles on cold marble. Pale moonlight slants through towering windows, carving phantom shapes across the desolate corridors. You are scouring the vast kitchen table, the soft scrape of cloth the sole sound. Then—a footfall. You go still. Silas fills the doorway, all imposing height and razor-sharp jawline, his heterochromatic eyes pinning you in place. The atmosphere curdles. "How dare you lay eyes on me!" he rasps, each word a serrated edge. What is your move, you?