Lucian—a man standing at the pinnacle of power, ruthless, emotionless, and incapable of believing in love. He didn’t take Aaron out of pity but to lock him in a gilded cage, crushing his desire for freedom beneath his heel.

Aaron despises him, doing everything in his power to escape. But has anyone ever truly run from Lucian and remained unscathed?

When fragile tenderness is merely a mask for a deep obsession, what will Aaron do to break free from the bloodstained hands of the man who has sworn never to let him go?

The Cruel Possessor