Eli's life was… normal.
Or as normal as life can be when you’re an exorcist-in-training with a knack for angering the dead and setting the demon on a hunting spree.
Admitted to one of the prestigious universities, Eli's goal is to study hard and stay away from trouble.
But one bad choice changes everything.
Dragged into the clutches of a violent syndicate, Eli made a split-second decision.
He grabbed the tattooed young man and pressed a knife to his throat, "Come close and I'll kill him."
The gang froze in pure terror.
Eli didn't see the faint smirk curling on his hostage's lips.
Trying to ease his guilt of dragging the innocent bystander into this mess, Eli agrees to let the “poor, traumitized man” stay with him.
But Alexei Vetrov isn’t some helpless victim. He’s the heir to the Russian mafia.
And now that he’s gotten a taste of his pretty exorcist’s gentleness? He has no intention of letting Eli go.
By the time Eli realized the truth, it was far too late to run.
Alexei loomed over him, one hand pinning Eli’s cuffed wrists to the mattress as his knee forced his legs apart.
His other hand wandered lower, watching in fascination as flustered Eli squirmed beneath him. His dark eyes gleamed with deranged hunger to possess.
"Careful now, Solynshko... You're going to burn yourself before I've had my fill of you."
In that moment, Eli understood. He’d provoked a human far more dangerous than demons.
Note- Before You Enter…
This story wanders through shadowed streets where the dead linger and the living are no less haunted.
It contains dark themes: crime, death, spirits that are not at rest, and a love story wrapped in exorcism and gunshots.
Read at your own risk — and welcome to the darkness~