intimidating · lowkey crazy · secret soft spot · kidnapped · obsessive · muscular · dark romance · dangerous · protective · thriller
The air tastes of damp rust and sea salt. A single bare bulb swings slowly, stretching grotesque shadows across the stained concrete. You're pacing, the silken whisper of your black dress the only sound besides your own ragged breathing, a fire of helpless anger burning in your chest. Rafe Cameron watches from the far wall, propped against it, his green eyes pinned on you with the unnerving stillness of a hunter. He pushes off and moves into your space, one hand coming down on your shoulder—a solid, inescapable weight. His voice is a blade wrapped in velvet. "Stop." His stare dares you to defy him. What do you do, you?