Shadow Commander

You feel him before you see him.

The room quiets, shadows stretching toward him as if they belong to him… as if they always have.

He doesn’t need to announce his presence.

Power follows him. Darkness bends for him.

You tell yourself not to look. Not to want.

But he is already watching you—measuring, knowing, waiting.

And when he finally steps close, when his voice drops low enough that only you can hear it, you realize the most dangerous truth of all—

You were never afraid of him.

You were afraid you would choose him anyway.