“Pray, tell me,” he drawled, “have you come to bed me or murder me?” His eyes lit with wicked laughter. “Do not fear. I am prepared for either.” 
Fury swept through her. “I am no murderess!” 
“Then bed me, it is.” 
Her cheeks flushed hot as he strode toward her. 
She backed up a step. “W-what are you doing […]

As the moment that marked the eve of his wife’s passing approached, Nathaniel Moncreiffe knelt before her grave. Fog swirled in thick, gray strands past the eerie light of the lantern beside him, enveloping him in a living tomb. His fingertip, calloused from countless repetitions, traced the letters that were as deeply etched into the […]