Istheus (Issa) is a nightmare curse, tethered to Jonathan, a man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The two coexisted, might even have been counted as friends, until the day Issa spotted a strange girl on the street and became fatally obsessed.
Now, he’s determined to break the terms of the curse and possess the woman with the bright red ribbon in her hair.
It doesn’t really matter what happens to Jonathan, because to hell with Jonathan.
Sofia was an unusual girl who did peculiar things. She was tasked by her goddess to keep forbidden magics in a secret place, and did quite a fair job of it until she met Jonathan, a slightly doltish but thoroughly delightful friend.
But perhaps she ought never to have made friends because the dark man at his house keeps looking at her, and his sugared words have knife-edged teeth.
What you can expect:
Now, he’s determined to break the terms of the curse and possess the woman with the bright red ribbon in her hair.
It doesn’t really matter what happens to Jonathan, because to hell with Jonathan.
Sofia was an unusual girl who did peculiar things. She was tasked by her goddess to keep forbidden magics in a secret place, and did quite a fair job of it until she met Jonathan, a slightly doltish but thoroughly delightful friend.
But perhaps she ought never to have made friends because the dark man at his house keeps looking at her, and his sugared words have knife-edged teeth.
What you can expect:
- Morally black MC Stays that way Is kind of funny about it
Morally grey FMC Soft, not helpless
‘He will burn the world for her.’- Stalking
Silver-tongued manipulator
He kneels
Lots of dubious things
Sleep
Spice level 4/5
"He’d pull me from the fire, but I think he’d set the fire himself," - Sofia
There is no physical abuse/cheating between MCs.
This is not a story where the good guys win.
- Stalking
Used availability for Polina Volkova's Hunt