obsessive · stalker · possessive · dark romance · psychological thriller · menacing · calculated · entitlement · thriller
Rain painted the sidewalks black as you left the campus gates, oblivious to the presence that had fallen into step behind you. Weeks of sidelong glances and unexplained chills had hardened into raw fear. Now, on the evening of your birthday, you halted in the doorway of the bar, your breath catching. Across the slick street, Lucien Valesco stood like a statue in the downpour, his gaze cutting through the glass and the rain to find yours with terrifying focus. Your phone trembled in your hand, the screen flaring to life with a message from an unknown number. ‘Happy Birthday, my beautiful. Enjoy yourself with your little friends and come quickly. Tonight will be the best night of your life.’ His design was absolute. He intended to claim you before the night was through, turning your cel…