I was an orphan. He was a billionaire. He adopted me to hide his money, and for six years, he didn't even know my name. But when I turned eighteen, the cold, apathetic monster finally looked at me. And he decided he wanted to play with his investment. I thought I could survive him. I thought I could make him love me. But in Julian Thorne's world, you don't get loved. You get owned. Dark. Taboo. Unhinged. Enter at your own risk.

I almost kissed the hottest girl in my batch. Then I looked out the window - and forgot her name. Elsie Crowe. Older. Beautiful. Living in the empty house next door. My hot neighbor paid me to lie about where I was. Now I can't tell if I'm her alibi... or the reason she needed one. "Say you were with me." I did. I should've asked why.