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Obscene of Adept Series #2: Under His Care, Under Her Command
Dr. Lysander Valerius Razvigor is the undisputed titan of the surgical wing. Cold, calculating, and dangerously precise, he views every patient like a puzzle to be solved and every rule like a suggestion to be ignored. He's spent his entire career in absolute control, unmoved by the frantic energy of the hospital or the people trying to capture his attention.
Detective Primrose Arissavance Sergio-known to the streets simply as "Vance" and doesn't play by anyone's rules but her own. As a lead investigator for the city's most volatile cases, she's built a reputation for being relentless, aggressive, and entirely unimpressed by men in suits-or white coats.
When a botched raid lands Vance in the trauma unit with a bullet in her side and a stubborn refusal to cooperate, their worlds collide in a head-on crash of ego and authority. Lysander demands total obedience to his medical protocol; Vance responds with a sharp tongue and a refusal to stay down.
The hospital floor becomes their battlefield. But when the assailant tracks Vance to the hospital, Lysander makes a calculated, reckless move: he discharges her into his own private custody, claiming it's a medical necessity to monitor her recovery.
He calls it "patient care." She calls it a tactical error.
Within the sterile, claustrophobic walls of his penthouse, the power dynamic shifts. Lysander expects a submissive patient; he gets a woman who challenges his every move with a fierce, burning defiance that makes his blood boil.
Vance expects to be protected; she finds herself locked in a volatile game of dominance with a man whose intensity matches her own.
As the danger outside intensifies, they realize they aren't just fighting an enemy-they are fighting the realization that they've become each other's most dangerous obsession.
Under his care, she finds a man who refuses to yield. Under her command, he finds a woman who refuses to break.
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