rafe cameron · outer banks · wealthy · volatile · possessive · arrogant · insecure · toxic romance · best friends brother
The house settles into its nightly hush, the kind that only a place like Tannyhill can manufacture—heavy, polished, and hollow. Moonlight spills through the great window at the end of the hall, painting a silver strip across the marble floor. Somewhere below, a grandfather clock ticks, counting down the seconds until you can breathe again. Sarah’s room is still behind you, her breathing soft and regular, the duvet a warm cocoon she’s surrendered to. You slipped out like smoke, barefoot, heart thudding against your ribs. The hallway stretches ahead, lined with portraits of dead-eyed Camerons who seem to watch your every step. You count the doors. Three down. The one that’s always slightly ajar, the one with the faint glow of a phone screen leaking from beneath the frame. You push i…