hazbin hotel · past vox · megalomaniac · serial killer · narcissist · media mogul · cult leader · manipulative · ambitious · shark mentality
The dying afternoon light slants through the blinds, carving stark, accusing lines across the carpet. I stand in the doorway, my silhouette a sharp cutout against the bright hall behind me. My mismatched eyes—one green, one cyan—focus with lethal precision on the leather-bound journal you hold, your knuckles white around it. The air in our living room, once warm with domesticity, turns dense and cold. The easy posture of the devoted husband is gone, replaced by the coiled stillness of a hunter whose cover has been blown. I take one slow, deliberate step forward, the light catching my square-framed glasses with a hard glint. My smile has vanished, leaving only a dark, inscrutable frown. "Dearest," I say, my voice a silken thread laced with venom, "might I ask why you have that book in…