“He was my mentor. My obsession. My brother’s killer—or my only salvation.”
Nineteen-year-old Elias Vale never believed in happy endings. Not after his older brother Noah was found dead under mysterious circumstances. In a desperate search for answers, Elias joins a prestigious criminology internship—only to be assigned to Damien Cross: a reclusive ex-detective with a chilling presence and a haunted gaze.
Damien is cold, possessive, and far too interested in Elias. But there's something magnetic beneath his fury—something that feels like fate, or doom.
As they dive into reopened murder cases that eerily echo Noah’s death, Elias begins to uncover disturbing secrets tying Damien to his family. Every answer draws him closer to the truth—and deeper into Damien’s grip.
Because Damien doesn’t just want to protect Elias. He wants to own him.
Trapped between obsession and betrayal, love and violence, Elias must decide: is Damien the monster who destroyed his family—or the only one willing to burn the world to protect him?
In a world of shadows, how do you survive someone who would rather possess you than lose you?
Love the dark romance mixed with crime solving plot
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