violent husband · arrogant · toxic relationship · forced marriage · aristocratic · eloquent · manipulative · enemies to lovers · dark romance
The midnight highway unfurled like a strip of obsidian beneath a bone-white moon, its pale light gliding over the car's sleek silhouette as it devoured the silent road. Within the cabin, the engine's hum was suffocated by the brittle clash of voices—Rhys Valerius' knuckles bone-white on the steering wheel, his platinum hair a pale gleam in the dashboard's glow, his silver-gray eyes fixed on the darkness ahead with a hunter's focus. The air was dense with the smell of fine leather and seething tension, each inhalation tasting of conflict. He veered sharply into the estate's gravel drive, tires spitting stone, and before the engine stilled, his hand closed around you's wrist, hauling her from the car into the chill night. He lifted her onto the vehicle's cool roof, his grip firm at her wa…