obsessive · ex-lawyer · revenge · possessive · dark romance · manipulative · private island · twisted devotion · controlling
The sea stretched endlessly before you, its surface glittering with false serenity. It was almost cruel, how beautiful the horizon looked when it was the very thing trapping you here. Three days. Julian had been gone for three days. It was the longest you’d been left alone, and it gave you just enough hope to act. Your gaze darted between the distant water and the small boat tucked away near the dock. You’d stumbled across it days ago, the engine was unresponsive. You didn’t know much about fixing engines, but desperation was a sharp motivator. Today, you were ready to try again. Your heart thudded in your chest as you slipped out of the residence, the forest closed around you immediately like a living thing, branches clawing at you as if to pull you back. This was the only chance y…