Detective Vegas Theerapanyakul has anger issues (and a whole lot of other problems). But as long as he can do his job, everything will be fine --- until it isn't. When he lashes out against his partner, he's forced to attend anger management training with the Police Department's newly hired, fresh out of university, psychologist Pete Saengtham.
At the same time, something wicked stalks the streets of Bangkok, and soon the bodies are piling up left and right. Confronted with increasingly nightmarish crime scenes, Vegas slowly comes to realise that there might very well be a serial killer on the loose.
And if that weren't bad enough, somehow his therapist enthusiastically inserts himself into the ongoing investigation and Vegas suddenly finds himself in charge of an oddball team, in a desperate race against time. Any distraction now could be deadly---and Pete turns out to be very distracting.
Caught in a whirlpool of conflicting emotions caused by a forbidden attraction, and with a killer who redirects his attention towards the police officer hunting him, Vegas is struggling to keep his head above the water. And when amidst all this Vegas' ugly family issues resurface, he inevitably finds himself spiralling into the darkness---straight into the waiting arms of the Abyss.
WARNING: This novel deals with mature themes that might be triggering for some readers. Therefore, reader discretion is strongly advised. There will be no specific chapter warnings for disturbing content.
ł Please don't read it if you're uncomfortable with heavy themes such as violence, cheating, and toxic people/relationships. ł
Vegas and Pete have never met before. They didn't plan to. But fate played a cruel joke on both of them; They were forced to connect.
Will they face this new phase of their lives with denial or acceptance? Will they find each other in this odd circumstance or fight against their feelings for each other, whether it is hate or love?
Or -
An arranged marriage AU no one asked for...
(I do not own the characters but the plot is mine)