5 parts Ongoing Mature"You think I'm the villain," he whispers, his voice cold as steel. "But villains are heroes in someone's story. I'm the nightmare no one sees coming."
His words slice through me like ice and my eyes sting, but I don't look away. "I will never belong to you," I hiss even though the tremor in my voice betrays me.
A slow, cruel smile curves his lips, "You promised me your loyalty," he says. "You're mine already-whether you believe it or not."
His fingers shift slightly, brushing over the frantic pulse at my throat. The touch is almost tender, but the power behind it isn't.
"This isn't love, Isabelle," he murmurs, eyes dark and endless. "It's possession. And I am the villain who owns your soul, your body, and every desperate heartbeat in between."
Tears slip silently down my cheeks. I'm unraveling, sinking into the shadows he's wrapped around me.
I'm drowning in him-
In the darkness.
In the lie of love.
In the nightmare that wears his name.
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Isabelle believed in love-until Adrian shattered every illusion.
A charming and brilliant psychiatrist, Adrian Hayes hides a dark truth-a mind twisted by hatred, control, and a lethal obsession. When Isabelle Starling seeks his help, she finds more than a healer; she finds a man who manipulates her heart and rips her world apart.
As Adrian's carefully crafted lies begin to unravel, Isabelle discovers the man she loves is a predator behind a perfect mask. Now, she's trapped in a dangerous game where trust is an illusion, and love is the deadliest obsession.
Bound by vows whispered in betrayal, caught in a web of manipulation, seduction, and deception, Isabelle must find the strength to escape-even if the man she loves becomes her most terrifying nightmare.
How far will she go to escape the doctor who claims to heal minds but is hell-bent on destroying hers?
When devotion turns to destruction, who will survive?