Ritual Of Ruin || 18+

His obsession. Her sanity. Their downfall.

18+ || 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬-𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. ||

Kaelan Crosiar is the kind of monster men kneel for.

Hidden behind a mask, he is a psychopath tied to the city's most violent underground network. He thrives in the dark-present at illegal deals, blood-soaked parties, and disappearances no one talks about in daylight.

Lana Rivers was supposed to be a ghost. A girl from a past he left in ashes.

He wasn't supposed to see her again. And he definitely wasn't supposed to find her standing beside a pathetic excuse for a man at a party filled with the city's filth.

But one look, and the restraint he spent years building completely snaps.

Now, the men who used to touch her are disappearing. Her abusive boyfriend is trembling at a name he's too terrified to even put a face to. And every time Lana turns around, she can feel his eyes on her-suffocating, heavy, and completely unhinged.

Kaelan doesn't want her heart. He wants to mark every single inch of her body until she belongs to nobody else.

Obsession with a man like him doesn't end softly.

The Phantom doesn't protect.

He consumes.
He ruins.
He keeps.

And Lana is about to find out how dangerous it is to be wanted by a man who never lets go.

TW: Obsessive/Stalker Behavior, Extreme Violence & Torture, Somnophilia, Degradation & Praise, Primal Play, Kidnapping, Graphic Murder, SA Flashbacks

Dark romance
Masked men
Smut