THE DARK MANTRA

The Mantra is simple: Listen. Obey. Belong.

​Dr. Elara Vance was a civilian trauma surgeon who lived by logic and the Hippocratic Oath. But when she is "recruited" in the dead of night by a Black Ops unit that officially doesn't exist, logic goes out the window. She is taken to a high-security mountain compound-not as an employee, but as an Asset.

​Commander Malachi Creed is the man who runs the shadows. He is cold, efficient, and dangerous. He doesn't lead men; he owns them. And from the moment Elara is brought into his interrogation room, he decides he owns her, too.

​To Creed, Elara is a vital mission he refuses to fail. To keep her "safe" from a world of rising political threats, he strips away her freedom, her phone, and her contact with the outside world. He replaces them with his presence, his rules, and a terrifyingly hypnotic set of commands he calls The Mantra.

​As the lines between protection and imprisonment blur, Elara realizes that the greatest danger isn't the war brewing outside the compound walls-it's the man who watches her sleep through a surveillance feed and whispers "mine" against her skin in the dark.

​In Creed's world, there is no escape. There is only the Mantra.