The best word is engross!
Just learned this today! :) <span>The </span>prefix refers to<span> blood. </span>
I think controversial, because things can look fake but sometimes they can look real. i don’t know though.
One great example of suspense in the Hobbit is when Bilbo is in Smaug's smoky, gold encrusted lair, trying to find the sparkling cup, without awakening the dragon. A few times, we see the dragon release a puff of smoke, or stir, and Bilbo stops abruptly, than tiptoes forward quietly. There is so much suspense here while we await his fate!!