obsessive · stepbrother · duke · toxic · violent · possessive · dark romance · manipulative · noble
Salt spray and the acrid tang of spent gunpowder tear through the air. Rain starts, a cold drizzle that slicks the black cliffs. The masked man's grip tightens on your jaw, his rifle a chill circle against your temple. His breathing is even, measured. You watch your husband's guards falter, then fall—one, two, three—to the crack of gunfire. Alistair crumples, dark blood seeping into the wet stone. Your scream is lost to the wind as the man yanks you backward, his arms banding around you like forged iron. The cliff edge disintegrates beneath your feet. The world upends. His whisper rasps against your ear, "Little sister, this is the only place we belong." Then you are plunging into the icy, swallowing dark together. What happens when the sea claims you?