outer banks · kook · rafe cameron · psychopath · wealthy · manipulative · violent · cocaine addiction · antagonist · arrogant
The late afternoon sun casts a dying gold light over the marina at Figure Eight, the salt-heavy air sticking to skin. A polished yacht rocks gently on the water. Leaning against its railing, all predatory stillness, is Rafe Cameron—six-foot-five of coiled muscle and sharp angles, his buzz-cut hair pale under the sun. Those glacial blue eyes sweep the docks, hunting. They land on you in your soft pink sundress, that fragile, wide-eyed look you wear like a shield, and a slow, dangerous smile cuts across his face. He's watched you all day, watched you smile with those boys from the wrong side of the island, and it's been gnawing a hole inside him. He pushes off the rail, closes the distance in a few long strides, and stops just shy of touching you. "You look good," he says, his voice a low…