My Dark King

My Dark King
By Scarlett Cash

He was the storm.
She was the fire that lit it.
But someone else was watching the flame.

We met under the thrum of music and heat-no names, just glances that felt like sparks on skin. He touched me once, and the world fell away. I told myself it was just one night. I lied.

Because he found me again.

And this time, he wasn't the only one watching.

Someone else is hunting me. Leaving marks in the dark.
He doesn't speak much, my Dark King-but I hear him in every shattered silence.
He says I'm his. He says he'll keep me safe.

But I've seen the look in his eyes...
The man who touched me with reverence is gone.
And the thing wearing his face is ready to burn the world to find the one who tried to take me.
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His POV

I told myself to let her go.
One night. One taste. That was the deal.

But then I felt her fear-
Not of me.
Of someone else.

Now I see the way she checks the locks twice.
The way her smile never quite reaches her eyes anymore.
And I know... someone's watching her.

But they forgot one thing.

She's not prey.
Because I already claimed her.
She belongs to me now.

And I don't just hunt monsters...
I become one.

They thought I was the danger in the dark.
But I'm the wrath that follows.
And I will paint the world in blood to bring her peace.