Grace Calloway is a surgeon, a woman who has learned to hold life and death in her hands. But her true battle lies within herself. Every time she steps into the operating room, she faces an enemy she can't control-her own body, which betrays her at the most crucial moments. Blood, something she should be able to master, is the one thing she can never predict. She learned early in life that control was all that mattered, but that control was shattered long ago.
Raised in the suffocating grip of an abusive childhood, Grace learned that survival meant silence. Her parents' cruelty carved scars deeper than the ones she hides beneath her surgical gloves. Yet, she rose from the ashes, donning the white coat and burying her past behind sterile walls. To the outside world, she is the brilliant, composed surgeon. But deep inside, the remnants of her painful history still haunt her, waiting to break free.
What Grace doesn't know is that someone has been watching her every move, studying her every flaw. A man who sees her not for the woman she pretends to be, but for the broken girl she truly is. He follows her from the shadows, and though she never notices, he knows her better than she knows herself. His obsession is consuming, a dangerous thread that weaves itself deeper with every breath she takes.
He has been waiting for this moment-for her to falter, for her to need him, though she doesn't even know he exists. But there's more to him than Grace could ever imagine. He holds a secret that will change everything.
"You're sorry?" he repeated, his deep and raspy voice reaching my ears from across the room.
I nodded.
His dark eyes the same shade as the night looked me up and down.
"Why don't you get on your knees and show me how sorry you are."
All it took was one glance.
Five years ago, Ezra Atlas laid his eyes on Lilac Winter. He had never seen somebody so beautiful. He knew, just from that one look, she would be his, and only his.
Wanting to live her life in freedom, Lilac escapes to a different country. Hiding. Hoping that the man obsessed with her, will never find her.
But nothing could stop Ezra from finding her.
Time is slowly catching up. He is slowly catching up. And once he gets his hands on Lilac again,
She will be his, forever.