Inheritance

"You owe me."

That's all Arya hears anymore.

After years of escaping her small-town past, Arya Wise is dragged back to the one place she swore she'd never see again-her father's broken-down house in rural Minnesota.

He's sick now. Helpless. That's what they tell her. But Gin Wise isn't helpless. He's manipulative. Cruel. And worse-he's not alone.

Men come and go from the house like they own it. Family friends. Old debts. Quiet threats wrapped in Southern charm. Arya is supposed to take care of her father... but no one tells her what to do when the walls close in.

She's stuck. Alone. No car. No money. No one checking in.

And the worst part?

They all know it.

Some cages don't need locks. Just guilt. And men who know how to use it.

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🔞 Dark Contemporary Romance | Realistic Psychological Abuse | Slow Burn | Multiple Male Characters | NSFW via Kobold Lite

➤ Not your typical love story. This is control disguised as care. Want dressed as need. Obedience bought in silence.
➤ You've been warned.