Owned by Thunder (Book 1)

Four years ago, Vanessa Carrington walked away from the only person who had truly understood her.
Kaden Veyron wasn't easy to love. Brilliant, controlled, and diagnosed with ASPD, he experienced the world differently than everyone else- observing emotions rather than feeling them the same way others did. But with Vanessa, he tried. In quiet moments on cliff edges and late night conversations about feelings he couldn't quite reach, they built something rare: understanding.
And then Vanessa left him.
No explanation that ever felt big enough. No goodbye that softened the damage. Just distance, silence, and a life that slowly moved on without him.
Now she's trapped in a marriage to a man she 's desperate to escape. Filing for divorce from Paul was supposed to give her freedom- instead it revealed how dangerous he really is. She realizes that leaving him may be far more complicated than she thought.
At work, at her new job gets worse.
She never knew she'd had to see Kaden again- now they work together at the same Foundation.
Their ruthless boss, Giovanna Moretti, assigns her to close a high-stake deal at an elite charity ball, forcing Vanessa to work with the one man she never expected to see again.
The man she abandoned.
The man who never forgot.
Under the control of Giovanna, his cold precision, and lack in hesitation were sharpened into a weapon she could use. Where others negotiated, Kaden dismantled. Where others hesitated, he finished things. Giovanna learned quickly that Kaden didn't need to feel empathy to win-only strategy, patience and a terrifying calm that made people realize too late that they were already trapped.
And Giovanna used that.
Again, and again.
Kaden may not understand love the way other people do.
But he understands possession
And if Paul thinks Vanessa belongs to him, he's about to learn exactly what kind of storm Kaden Veyron can become.