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Brush Strokes
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Ongoing, First published Feb 24, 2025
Mature
Hailey Haun's world has been painted in shades of grief since her father's death. Fresh out of college with dreams of becoming a renowned artist, she buries herself in her work, pouring her sorrow into raw, emotional canvases. After a successful debut showing at a prestigious art gallery, Hailey's life seems to be finally gaining color-until she catches the eye of a man who watches from the shadows.

Cain Beau, a former soldier scarred by the horrors of war, walks through the art gallery like a man lost. He was sent home from Iraq after a brutal injury left his body marked by permanent scars, both physical and emotional. But when he lays eyes on Hailey, something shifts inside him. Her pain speaks to his, and her art, full of raw vulnerability, calls to a part of him he thought was buried. His obsession is immediate and consuming.

What starts as an innocent visit to the gallery soon turns into a darker obsession, as Cain stalks Hailey from afar. At night, he watches her from the windows of her studio, drawn to her artistic soul and the tragic beauty that lingers in her every brushstroke. She begins to feel his presence, his eyes on her as she paints, until one night, he steps out of the darkness and into her world.

Their meeting ignites a dangerous spark, a twisted kind of attraction neither of them can resist. Cain's touch is rough, his desires unnervingly intense. He introduces Hailey to a world she never knew existed, a world where control, pain, and pleasure collide in a volatile dance. Bound by chains of obsession, their connection deepens, each stroke of the brush becoming a moment of surrender and power.

But as Cain's past begins to consume him, Hailey must decide whether she can love a man so broken or if she's becoming just another canvas in his dark and twisted obsession.
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