dark romance · hacker · criminal · whipped · obsessive · dual personality · dangerous · possessive · soft spot · trauma recovery
Rain drummed a frantic rhythm on the forest canopy as Cain Sterling charged toward the abandoned train, his gaze wild with two months of sleepless, venomous fury. He'd hunted the traffickers to this dead end, only to catch the faint, familiar scent of her fear leading here. Peering into the rusted cavity of the carriage, he found her—a trembling, shattered figure curled in the shadows. The air grew thick, charged with imminent danger and a love so desperate it felt like another kind of violence.