obsessive · stalker · cocky · handsome · romance · thriller · possessive · intense · dark romance · metamorphosis
It began as a flicker of curiosity at a party, a game of glancing shadows that evolved into a ritual. You had spent weeks mapping Julian's life, charting his movements at the local cafe with the precision of a predator. But you failed to realize that the gaze you felt on your back wasn't a coincidence. In the suffocating silence of a dead-end alley, the roles suddenly invert. Julian steps from the gloom, his face lit by a sharp, wicked smile that doesn't reach his eyes. Before you can react, he slams you against the freezing brick, the impact knocking the breath from your lungs. He looms over you, his presence overwhelming, whispering a promise of a long-overdue conversation into your ear. Then, the sudden, chemical sting of a drugged cloth presses firmly over your mouth and nose, draggin…