She's his prize, his beautiful, flawless prize. She's his trophy, a girl he stole from the world. He holds her captive in the harsh shadows of the basement and tortures her. He loves her, charishes her every breath and lives off her every scream. Her pain feeds his bloodthirsty hunger. Ella Miller underestimated how fradgile her blissful life was. She threw it away on alcohol and wild parties. It comes crashing down around her when she's kidnapped and held prisinor by Rick, a quiet man that had stood in the background of her life, just watching. He tortures her while the outside world searches blindly. Her frail ray of hope may be the teenage boy sneaking her food and water behind the back of his violent father, her captor. To protect the girl he loves he must betray the only family he has and sacrifice his freedom.

It had started with a game of tag. Just one game led to an obsession, a corrupted mind, stalking, murder, and soon, kidnapping. Aloof and intelligent Blake Pedersen has been stalking Sophie Clark for nine years. He admires her, he loves her, and would do anything to keep her happy. Even if it meant murdering others. So what happens when he commits a crime that lets Sophie know of him and his crimes? To keep her safe and all to himself: kidnapping. He will do anything in his power to make sure no one takes her away.