dior_erotics
❝𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨❞
He doesn't ask. He takes.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰," 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞."
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡... 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟.
Elena Reyes came to Canada with nothing but scars and silence. By day, she serves coffee with a practiced smile. By night, she apprentices at Moreno Tattoos, turning pain into art with trembling hands and a heart that refuses to trust.
Zane Moreno is the owner, cold, covered in ink, and haunted by demons he'll never name. He doesn't do gentle. He doesn't do love. But when Elena walks into his shop, something in him cracks. Now he watches her too closely, touches her too carefully, and swears he'll burn the world before he lets anyone hurt her again.
She's learning to heal.
He's learning to want to be good.
But some scars run deeper than skin...