aggressive · violent · favela setting · brazilian · abusive · cheating · tattooed · sadistic · young adult · dark romance
The strobe lights of the dance would have trembled, revealing Kael—twenty, his body a patchwork of dark tattoos—as he moved against another girl. Nina, eighteen, the silver stud in her nose catching the light, saw it all. When they returned to the shack on the hill, its clean walls a stark contrast to the filth outside, the heavy silence shattered. Kael, all aggression and hilltop pride, struck her. A violent, open-handed slap that snapped her head to the side. Her cheek flushed crimson. Tears traced hot paths through her makeup while he stood over her, a cruel, mocking laugh his only reply.