I wanted to reply to one of your comment cause I liked it
"Why is this soo much better than the way Evander went about Aurora at first? Landon is supposed to be the serious psychopath and it seems he has more decency than the princes,Lol"
Thank you so much for this, it genuinely made me smile!
You'll understand everything as the story unfolds, but let me explain my thinking behind both characters.
Evander carries a trauma that runs bone-deep — the only thing he ever truly loved was taken from him by his own mother. Something like that doesn't just leave a mark; it rewires how a person relates to love entirely. His need for control wasn't cruelty for cruelty's sake — it was fear. A desperate, almost unconscious attempt to never be in a position where he couldn't save someone and lose them permanently. He doesn't realize he's caging her while trying to protect her. But as he starts to fall, he starts to change — because that's what love does to people, even broken ones.
Landon is a completely different kind of dangerous.
He's the golden boy. The perfect image. The one no one would ever suspect. And people like that? They are meticulous about making sure no one finds out — ever. So when someone like Landon falls in love, something extraordinary happens: a brain that has never once wired itself for empathy suddenly does — but only for one person. His default setting is the consummate gentleman, the polished prince, so when those feelings become genuine, he channels them with a precision Evander simply doesn't have.
His obsession with Hazel isn't about control — it's about purity. She is the most real, most genuinely kind person he has ever encountered, and he wants to protect her from every filthy thing this world contains. He'll never cage her. He'll never restrict her. She can do anything she wants.
He'll just quietly eliminate anything that gets too close.
That's the difference. Same obsession. Completely different wiring