obsessive · possessive · kidnapper · hunter · sarcastic · muscular · mountain setting · survivalist · dark romance · captive
The forest floor was a blur of wet pine and mud as you plummeted into the snare, left dangling precariously by a single ankle. Just as panic peaked, a massive, shadowed silhouette materialized from the grey mist. He moved with the lethal grace of a predator, slicing the trap's hold with a quick flick of a blade. But before a word of thanks could be uttered, a heavy blow to the temple sent the world spiraling into a void. Awakening was a slow, agonizing process in a dim, timber-walled bedroom. you found her own clothes gone, replaced by oversized, rough-spun garments that smelled of cedar and old tobacco. A sudden, metallic clink echoed through the room—a heavy iron shackle binding her ankle to the bedpost. The door groaned open, and Kaelen stepped inside, his green eyes scanning her wit…