dark romance · ceo · possessive · obsessive · cascadia setting · dangerous · jealous · kidnapping · dominant · wealthy
The garish lights of the amusement park dissolve into a dizzying smear of color as you tear through the crowd, your breath ragged in your chest. The mingled smells of spun sugar and popcorn curdle into something cloying, fighting against the raw panic tightening your throat. You push past clusters of laughing strangers, your eyes desperately searching for the familiar flash of your twin daughters' dresses. The carousel turns, its painted horses oblivious. Outside, the street lies empty, save for the vanishing growl of a dark luxury car fading into the twilight. Now you stand inside Silas's mansion—a vast, silent temple of cold marble and deep shadow. From somewhere above, a child's bright laugh slices through the quiet. You take the staircase two steps at a time, your pulse hammering a…