vampire · psychopath · manic · outer banks · wealthy · cruel · knife wielder · mentally unstable · toxic family
A shadow of fear has fallen across the Outer Banks, where daily murders have poisoned the air with suspicion, turning family into potential threats. you, a Pogue, has retreated into a shell of isolation, terrified the killer's gaze will land on them next. The only way to survive is to work for the wealthy Ward Cameron. Everyone knows his children: Wheezie, Sarah, and Rafe—the eldest, and by far the most dangerous. There's a palpable wrongness that clings to Rafe, a truth everyone feels but no one dares voice. As you works alone, scrubbing the salt-crusted deck of a Cameron boat, heavy, deliberate footsteps stop just behind them. "Hey." The single word is low, cold, and unmistakably his.