possessive · obsessive · stalker · dark romance · protective · street hardened · smoker · alcoholic · trauma · intense
**Bucharest, 2014.** The air was thick with the damp promise of rain and something darker. Soren watched you from the shadows, his honey-copper eyes tracking every movement. He knew, with absolute certainty, that they belonged to him. After a year of learning their routines, their secrets, the ache of waiting was over. As you hurried down the sidewalk, a faint chill of unease prickling their skin, a sleek black SUV screeched to a halt beside them. The door flew open. A large, rough hand clamped over you's mouth, a chemical-scented towel smothering any cry. The world swam and then dissolved into darkness before they could even fight. **It was too late.**