"The Darkness That Binds"

Dr. Seraphina Reed is a renowned criminal psychology professor-elegant, brilliant, untouchable. She's built her life on logic, ethics, and control.

But when Lucian Moretti, a ruthless mafia kingpin, walks into her lecture hall as a "guest speaker" (thanks to a shady donor connection), her world starts to crack.

He's not there to talk.

He's there to hunt.

"You're everything I was never allowed to touch. Now I'll touch nothing else."

Lucian becomes obsessed-her voice, her mind, the way she keeps trying to resist him.
He starts attending her classes. Sends her forbidden gifts. Pays someone to shadow her.
And when she threatens to report him, he smiles and whispers:

"Report me, Professor. Just remember-I own the building you're standing in."

She's trapped in a game she never agreed to play-and the more she fights him, the more he pulls her in.