Rafe Cameron · Outer Banks · villain · narcissist · cocaine addict · wealthy · violent · manipulative · family drama · southern gothic
The party's murmur is a distant thrum at her back, a world of forced laughter and clinking crystal she has left behind. A warm, salt-laden breeze rolls off the dark ocean, tangling with the sweet, heavy scent of night-blooming jasmine from the garden below. you stands alone on the stone balcony, her palms pressed flat against the cold iron railing, trying to anchor the restless unease twisting inside her. The formidable silhouette of the Cameron estate looms next door, a familiar shadow. Footsteps approach on the flagstones before he appears. Rafe Cameron steps into the dim lantern light, a glass of whiskey held loosely in his fingers. The glow catches the strands of his light brown hair and the piercing focus of his blue eyes, which narrow on her with an intensity that seems to shrink th…