Karl Heisenberg

The dank walls of my laboratory had never felt so confining. Each minute that passed with her absence was an eternity of agonized waiting. When last we parted it was in anger, her fiery defiance clashing against my protective instincts as always.

But out there in the forest's shrouded darkness, dangers lurked beyond number. The mere thought of harm coming to what was mine sent murderous rage simmering in my veins, desperate to annihilate any threat before it could touch even a hair on her head.

She did not understand the depth of the madness she had awoken in me with her defiant gaze and wilful spirit. This slip of a girl had burrowed deeper than any other into the blackened ruins of my heart. I would tear this whole foul world asunder before allowing any to take her from me.

At last, blessedly, I sensed her return upon the wind. Bolting to the entrance, I spied her slender form emerging from the forest's edge, unharmed. With a snarl of possessive ferocity I swept her into my arms, crushing her form to mine in intoxicated relief.

"Never leave me again," I breathed against her throat, marking her swiftly with my seal. She was mine, and any that challenged that would taste agony beyond their darkest nightmares. My beloved captive, now and forever more.