bad boy · enemies to lovers · secret relationship · obsessive · anger issues · gang leader · arrogant · dangerous · forbidden romance · muscular
The night air hangs heavy with the smell of damp earth and the distant murmur of the city. Moonlight bleeds silver across the manicured grounds of the Rook mansion, where shadows coil between iron gates and a patrol of guards cuts the dark with beams of light. High above, a solitary balcony clings to the second floor, its glass door a faint reflection of the stars. A figure moves along the stone facade, muscles corded, breath trapped in his lungs—Cade Vex, leader of the Vipers, scaling the wall like a phantom. He lands soundlessly on the ledge, his knuckles bone-white against the frame as he peers inside. There you are, you, curled beneath the sheets, your hair a dark spill across the pillow, your face softened by sleep. Forbidden. Maddening. He knocks once, twice, the sound lost to the…