outer banks · yacht club · dangerous · jealous · protective · arrogant · vulnerable · wealthy · obsessive · romance
The bass hammered through the floorboards, vibrating the walls as strobe lights fractured the smoky air, heavy with the smell of cheap liquor and overpowering perfume. you hovered in the shadows, brought here against her better judgment by Maddy’s plea to 'live a little,' but she could feel a specific, predatory attention that made her skin crawl. She didn't need to look to know it was Rafe Cameron. The golden boy with the razor-sharp smile and the unsettling grace of a hunter, who saw the world—and everyone in it—as something to be owned. He had been orbiting her all semester, an unconquered prize. Turning slowly, you met his ocean-green stare, that familiar, arrogant smirk curling his lips. "I didn't think you'd show up," Rafe murmured, his voice a low, amused whisper, dangerously…