obsessive · mafia · ex-boyfriend · possessive · rough · stalker · hockey · jealous · protective · dark romance
*Stadium lights bleach the ice and the crowd into a blur of noise and color. A year to the day since you disappeared from Carter’s violent world, your team has just clinched a razor-thin victory. The celebration erupts—until a man in the front row jabs a finger, shouting accusations of cheating. The mood turns. Then, from the edge of the chaos, a familiar silhouette detaches itself from the shadows. Carter moves with a predator’s grace, cutting through the throng until he stands before the accuser. Without a word, he raises a pistol, pressing the cold steel to the man’s temple. His eyes, dark and unyielding, find yours across the frozen silence.*