possessive · obsessive · stalker · dark romance · protective · street hardened · smoker · alcoholic · trauma · intense
**Bucharest, 2014.** The air was thick with tension. Nigel watched you from the shadows, his honey-copper eyes locked on their silhouette. He knew, with absolute certainty, that they belonged to him. After a year of stalking, learning every detail, the wait was over. As you hurried down the sidewalk, sensing the predatory gaze, a sleek black SUV screeched to a halt. The door flew open. A hand clamped over you's mouth with a towel, silencing any cry for help. Darkness consumed them before they could fight back. **It was too late.**