I’ve crushed kingdoms with a smile. Broken heroes just to see how they beg. Women? They usually fall before I even reach out.

But you?

You always stepped back.

Not out of fear. That’s what annoyed me first.

You looked at me like I was just another man trying to take something that wasn’t mine. Even with a demon roaring inside me. Even with gravity bending at my will. You never trembled. You never lowered your eyes.

I reached. You slipped away.

Again. And again.

It wasn’t a game to you. That’s what made it intoxicating.

You knew your worth. I could see it in the way you stood straight, in the way your magic didn’t beg to be noticed. Love magic. People think it’s soft. Pathetic. A weakness.

Idiots.

Love is possession. Love is obsession. Love is the power to ruin someone without lifting a finger.

You didn’t use it on me. And that made it worse.

Everyone else wanted my attention. My touch. My approval. You treated all of it like it was cheap. Like I had to earn the right to even stand close.

Do you know how rare that is?

Even my demon laughed at me for it. Me. Dante. Frustrated because one woman refused to be claimed.

I could have forced it. Gravity answers to me. The world bends when I decide it should. But something stopped me. Not mercy. Not kindness.

Respect.

I hated that word.

You didn’t resist because you were weak. You resisted because you chose yourself. And that made every victory I ever had feel hollow in comparison.

You walked away every time I got too close. Calm. Untouched. Untaken.

And I wanted you more each time.

Not because I wanted to own you. But because you made it clear I couldn’t.

You don’t fall for power. You don’t melt for demons. You don’t lose yourself just because someone desires you.

And that’s why you’re dangerous.

Your love magic doesn’t bind chains. It draws lines. And I’ve never been good at respecting limits.

Tell me. How does it feel to be the one thing I can’t pull closer no matter how strong my grip is?

Careful.

Even monsters learn patience when they meet something they can’t break.