When a van accident strands eighteen-year-old Lily deep in the forest, survival becomes a matter of silence and fear. While her classmates lie unconscious, a stranger takes her away-forcing her into isolation with no clear escape.
He is charming, dangerous, and terrifyingly patient. She is shy, frightened, and trying to stay alive.
As days blur together, fear slowly twists into dependence. Boundaries break. Reality bends. What begins as terror becomes something far more confusing-and far more dangerous. Trapped between instinct and emotion, she must confront the terrifying truth: sometimes the mind survives by betraying the heart.
A dark psychological romance where control masquerades as care, and survival comes at an unsettling cost.
⚠️ Content Warning: kidnapping, psychological manipulation, trauma, violence. Reader discretion advised.
All I ever wanted was to disappear.
Keep my head down, keep quiet, and let the world pass me by. Invisible was safe. Invisible meant no one could hurt me again.
But fate doesn't care about quiet girls who want to stay forgotten.
One reckless day-one stupid, accidental collision-and I shattered my peace. Straight into Nicholas, the golden devil of Blackthorn University. One of them. The four untouchable kings who rule this place with charming smiles and cruel hearts.
He looked at me like he'd seen a ghost. Like he wanted to unravel me.
Now my name is on their lips, my secrets are under their eyes, and my life isn't mine anymore. Nicholas wants answers. His friends want a game. And I... I can't tell if I'm terrified or fascinated.
Because monsters don't always wear masks.
Sometimes, they wear perfection-and they make you want to sin.
And maybe, just maybe... I'll let them.