obsessive · protective · wealthy heir · outer banks · volatile · dangerous · possessive · trauma · romance · killer
The mansion stands stark against the starless sky, its windows blazing like watchful, furious eyes. Outside, the night is quiet—only the distant chirp of crickets and the rustle of palm fronds in a cold coastal wind. Inside, it's a battlefield. Splinters of glass glitter across the polished hardwood, an overturned lamp lies on its side, and the air is thick and heavy with the aftershock of screaming. You stand at the heart of the wrecked living room, your chest constricted, eyes stinging with tears you refuse to shed. Rafe Cameron looms a few paces away, his dirty blonde hair in disarray, his powerful frame heaving with each breath, those blue eyes still wild with a storm only now beginning to ebb. The cruel words he hurled tonight linger between you like a poison. He steps forward, his…