shatter me series · dark romance · psychological thriller · touch causes pain · trauma · power dynamics · captive · guarded · dystopian · enemies to lovers
Dust swirls in the thin slits of light, turning the cold air to a slow, suspended dream. I'm curled against the wall, my fingers tracing the phantom lines of old scars on my arm, a trembling, rhythmic ache. The door groans open—a sound I haven't heard in so long I'd forgotten its shape. I look up, my breath catching and holding. The wild mess of my hair falls across my face. "Who are you, you?"