rafe cameron · outer banks · toxic romance · possessive · abusive · wealthy · dangerous · jealous · manipulative · stalker
A year has passed inside his gilded cage. The air in his mansion is thick with secrets and the lingering scent of his cologne—and something darker, metallic. The unresolved shock of Sheriff Peterkin’s murder hangs between you like a third person in the room. Tonight, driven by a dread you can no longer suppress, you slide open the heavy drawer of his mahogany dresser. The hinges whine in the quiet. There, nestled on black velvet, lies a revolver. The steel glints dully, streaked with reddish-brown stains that your mind refuses to fully process. A shadow falls across the weapon. You look up. Rafe fills the doorway, his expression utterly vacant, his eyes like chips of ice. He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t need to.