Summary: She wasn't interested. When she finally did cave, she never meant for it to be more than one night. A fleeting indulgence. A mistake she could forget. But Jake doesn't forget. He doesn't let go. And when she tries to move on, he reminds her- violently, that he won't allow it. What begins as an unsettling fixation spirals into something far darker, something suffocating. He watches her. Follows her. Marks her. She runs, she fights, but the deeper she falls into his madness, the more terrifying the truth becomes. She's starting to crave it, too. Trapped in a brutal game of obsession and power, she faces an impossible choice: destroy him before he destroys her... or surrender to the monster she helped create. Warnings: Toxic Relationship, Obsession, Desperation, Violence, Language, Drinking, Alluded Sexual Content, Depictions of Mental Health Struggles, Gaslighting, Mental Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Trauma, Gore, Death and other Mature Themes - Use your own judgement, and read at your own risk! This is a work of fiction, born entirely from my imagination. It does not depict real events or individuals, nor is it a reflection of reality in any way. This story exists in an alternate universe, shaped by creativity, a lack of sleep, a weird dream and nothing more.

It started with a mask. And a man who never said a word. A man made of masks and contradictions-danger wrapped in devotion, chaos laced with silk and ink. Roxanne had spent years pretending she's fine- burying the grief, the panic, the pieces of herself that shattered the night her world fell apart. She wasn't supposed to crave him - the stranger who turned her fantasies into something dangerously real. The one who watched her from the shadows, who knew things he shouldn't. He broke into her world, uninvited but impossible to resist. He calls her his. She swears she's not. Yet every look, every touch, every whispered promise pulled her deeper into the storm of him. When secrets start to unravel and the danger closes in, she has to face the truth: what began as a hobby - a game - has turned into something much darker and far too tempting to escape. A dark romance about obsession, redemption, and the kind of love that leaves scars you never want to heal. TRIGGER WARNINGS Reader discretion is advised as this book contains: -Anxiety & panic attacks (on-page) -Bondage -Breath play -Childhood trauma -Domestic abuse (past, referenced) -Drinking -Fear play -Gang references -Grief -Hidden cameras -Homicide scene -Home invasion -Hostage -Invasion of privacy -Mask play -Medical content -Parental death -Profanity and explicit sexual content throughout -Rape (mentioned) -Smoking -Stalking behavior -Themes of control, manipulation, and blurred morality -Threesome (dream) -Violence

My fiance has a girl best friend. I hate her and she hates me and she's hated me from the start. My hate grew over time. After some particularly vile things she said, I uninvited her to our wedding. Then Gibson said the wedding wouldn't be happening if she wasn't invited. So I handed him his rings back.