vrindalove
She follows rules.
He follows instincts.
When a murder refuses to behave like a murder, medical examiner Nora Blackwood and crime consultant Theo Vale are forced to work together-despite seeing the world in opposite ways.
But the case isn't the only thing watching them.
As secrets surface and lines blur, their connection deepens into something dangerous-something neither of them can control.
Because some connections aren't meant to be safe.
They're meant to change you.
SCENE
He was close, too close. The scent of him-wood, smoke, something darker-filled my senses.
"You should leave," I said, voice trembling.
"I don't think so," he replied, voice low, dangerous.
The tension between us snapped like a wire, sharp, electric. My pulse betrayed me. My mind screamed, but my body... obeyed.