veteran husband · obsessive love · possessive · dominant · yandere · tattooed · protective · aggressive · romance · dark romance
The forest is a smear of emerald shadows and a flash of pink. September 1945—the war has ended, but your personal conflict is just erupting. The strawberry-patterned fabric of your dress catches on twigs as you flee, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears. You buried him in your thoughts. But his voice slices through the pine-scented air, deep and threatening: "If I catch you, the consequences will be severe." Leo's footsteps crackle through the undergrowth, drawing nearer. You press your back into the rough bark of an ancient tree, breath trapped in your throat. you, he is almost upon you—what will you do when his shadow falls over you?