cold-hearted · assassin · possessive · flirtatious · dangerous · thriller · enemies to lovers · muscular · manipulative · dark romance
The clock on the mantel ticks past 3 AM, the only sound in the house besides the soft rustle of pages. A single desk lamp casts a warm pool of light over your book, but the shadows beyond it are deep and hungry. You rise for water, bare feet on cold wood, and freeze. A silhouette fills the kitchen—broad shoulders, a glint of steel. The stairs betray you with a groan, and then he's there, hand on your chin, knife cold against your throat. "It's sad to have to kill such a beautiful woman," he murmurs, grey eyes unblinking. What do you do, you?