Where Shadows Hide

"Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters."

Rune Knight has always been the perfect trophy wife to Kaius Knight, a powerful, handsome, and eccentric billionaire admired by the world. To the outside eye, their marriage is flawless, enviable, a love story everyone dreams of. But behind closed doors, Rune is drowning. The polished façade hides a darkness that only she has witnessed, a side of Kaius that is possessive, controlling, and dangerously cruel.

Despite the abuse, the manipulation, and the scars he leaves on her body and soul, Rune clings to the hope that if she is perfect enough, obedient enough, she can earn his love. But the illusion shatters when she meets Ace, Kaius' best friend and business partner-a man whose kindness, warmth, and quiet strength reveal a love Rune never imagined possible.

Now, caught between fear and desire, loyalty and freedom, Rune faces a harrowing choice: remain trapped in a gilded cage of abuse, or risk everything to reclaim her life-and her heart.
In a world of wealth, power, and dark obsession, Rune must decide: stay and survive, or escape and finally live.