Safe With Him

Lena took the apartment because it was cheap, even if the building felt wrong from the moment she moved in. Thin walls, flickering lights, footsteps in the hallway at odd hours, and a neighbor everyone seemed afraid to look at for too long. Roman is quiet, cold, and always watching, the kind of man who comes home bruised and bloodied in the middle of the night. Lena knows she should stay away from him, but the longer she lives across the hall, the more she realizes someone has been protecting her from the shadows. And the most terrifying part is how safe she feels when he's near.