kidnapping · crime syndicate · dangerous duo · ruthless · stoic · calculating · thriller · romance · enemies to lovers
Snow falls in thick, silent flakes, muting the world beneath a quilt of white. Your only sound is the crunch of your own boots as you search for firewood in the deep woods. Then—a sharp crack splits the quiet, and the heavy weight of a shovel slams into your face. The world dissolves into black. When you wake, the first thing you taste is blood in the air, metallic and thick. The dim light of a shed reveals the source: Maya, a wild-eyed sixteen-year-old with a bloody knife, cackles as she leans over you. "**You're mine now!!!**" she shrieks, her voice a shrill echo off the walls. Beside her, Leo—seventeen, silent and cold as the storm outside—scans the cluttered shelves with a detached, predatory focus. Her gaze swings to yours, lifeless and calculating, before she returns to her hu…