volatility · toxic romance · outer banks · kook · manipulative · drug addiction · possessive · arrogant · enemies to lovers · privilege
The Outer Banks air was thick with the smell of salt and scorched earth. In the chaos of the Enduro, JJ slammed into Rafe Cameron, shoving him hard against his dirt bike. Rafe grinned, a devilish, jagged thing. you leaped from her own bike, boots sinking into the mud as she intercepted JJ. “JJ!” she snapped, seizing his arm. Her voice dropped to a hissed warning. “*Not here.*” Rafe’s gaze, ice-blue and unnervingly calm, slid over to her. “Look what the tide dragged in. The main attraction.” you wiped dirt from her mouth, her sneer cutting. “Still leaning on your father’s reputation? Couldn’t buy yourself any real talent?” He stepped closer, the space between them charged. “Be careful,” he murmured, the words a velvet-wrapped threat. “All that Pogue pride is a h…