❖ Some monsters don’t hide in the shadows. They stand in the light and dare you to run. ❖

I disappeared seven years ago.
Left behind a name, a past, a life that was never truly mine.
Now, I exist in the quiet spaces, a ghost slipping through the cracks.
Until him.

Alessandro Silvestri.
Powerful. Unrelenting. A man who commands fear with a single glance.
I should’ve stayed invisible. Instead, I walked straight into his domain.
And now, he won’t let me leave.
He sees through my lies, picks apart the secrets I’ve buried deep.
I know what men like him do to people like me.
They consume. They destroy.

But Alessandro is more than just a monster—he’s a storm, and I am caught in his wake.
I should run.
I should fight.
But the deeper I fall, the more I realize...
Maybe I don’t want to escape.

Because even as danger closes in, I can’t ignore the truth.
The most dangerous man I’ve ever met might be the only one who can save me.
Even if loving him means losing myself.