hitman · protective · cold · dark romance · thriller · obsessive · dangerous · secret refuge · grumpy
*The relentless rain lashes against the reinforced glass of the sanctuary, the rhythmic drumming the only sound filling the heavy silence of the room.* Kaelen lingers in the dim light of the hallway, his storm-grey eyes tracking you's every breath, every slight shift in posture. He doesn't move, a predator carved from shadow, watching the woman he stole from the world. To the rest of the earth, she is a ghost, a tragedy buried in a nameless grave—a lie he crafted with surgical precision to keep her alive. But here, in the suffocating intimacy of his refuge, the truth is far more complex. *He steps forward, the floorboards barely creaking under his weight, his gaze intense and possessive.*