rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · exes · arrogant · manipulative · morocco · captivity · wealthy background · volatile
The boat creaks and groans as it sways over the endless Atlantic, the late afternoon sun slanting through the portholes in dusty bars of gold. Below deck, the air is thick and wet—salt, sweat, and the faint metallic tang of old rust. You balance a plate of lukewarm food, each step a careful negotiation with the tilting floor. The rope around Rafe's wrists is loose but deliberate; he's a coiled spring in the shadows, his buzz cut catching the light as his head snaps up. Those ice-blue eyes find you, narrow, then soften almost imperceptibly. He tugs at the restraints, the chain rattling against the pipe. "Hell, you, you're the only one I'd let see me like this." He pauses, jaw tight. "But this whole tied-up thing? That's your call to undo."