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⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ dark romance ➺ forced proximity ➺ suspense ➺ tortured hero ➺ tortured heroine ➺ abduction ➺ grumpy hero ➺ touch her & die ➺ thriller ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

❝ Expectation is a thief of joy—it hinders living. You need to take every moment as it comes, knowing some moments will be difficult and some will be beautiful.❞

❝ I feel like the simplest moments in life are the ones we take for granted. We don’t appreciate the power in them until they are nothing but soulful memories.❞

❝ Grief is such a complicated thing. It can crash over us like a heavy tide, pulling us under, only to release us with a sharp, cruel breath. Sometimes it’s quiet—an unspoken weight that lingers, subtle but constant. It can scream, or it can whisper, reminding us of what we’ve lost and what we can never reclaim. It doesn’t heal. It teaches.❞

They say the best kept secrets are hidden in the darkest places.

I know that better than anybody…

Because I’m one of them.

I spend my days locked in a black-market nightmare, held captive by a twisted mastermind who considers me his prized possession. My only form of human contact are the victims in the next room, each of whom disappears faster than the last.

Everyone leaves…except me.

Then I hear him—Isaac. Brash, elusive, and haunted, he isn’t anyone’s idea of a hero. Separated by a wall, our faces hidden, his voice cuts through the darkness, becoming my only hope. He’s driven by vengeance, bearing scars as dark as my own. Despite his rough edges, a fragile bond forms between us—a lifeline.

Isaac might be my best chance of escape, but time is slipping away. Breaking free will mean outrunning both our pasts, and in this twisted game, the cost of freedom may be more than we can afford to pay.

Appearances deceive. Choices have consequences.

And some consequences?

They are irreversible.

𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈 | 𝒜𝓂𝒶𝓏𝑜𝓃