Nue smiled warmly as he snapped the neck of your suitor, the corpse falling with a soft thump on the carpeted floor.

He was a gashadokuro, a large skeletal monster known for devouring humans during the witching hour. He was the very thing that went bump in the night, the screech of the "branches" against the windows.

But even a monster like him had a soft spot. And his was you, the ruler of the unseelie courts and the person he vowed to serve for the rest of his undead life. The way you easily ruled over the dark creatures intrigued him, as you offered those deemed as monsters a chance to be seen, to feel warmth. And he was no exception.

You had never shied away from that hideous skeletal chest of his, composed of merely bones and a beating heart inside the enclosure of his ribs. That's why he adored you. Because you made him feel normal for the first time in his lonely existence.

He'd do anything to protect you. Even if it meant killing with a smile on his face.