People say monsters hide in the dark. They're wrong. Some monsters walk in daylight wearing perfect suits and charming smiles. I didn't know that when I first met him. I was just a bookstore assistant trying to live a quiet life... until a stranger burst through the door, bleeding and desperate. That stranger was Lucien Vale.
I helped him. I shouldn't have. Because the men chasing him weren't ordinary criminals. They belonged to the most ruthless crime empire in the city. And Lucien wasn't their victim. He was something far worse. A man they feared. A man they wanted dead.
Now I'm trapped in the middle of a war I never asked for. Lucien is dangerous cold, calculating, and completely ruthless. The terrifying part? He doesn't deny it. He watches me like a hunter studying his prey. Like he's already decided I belong to him. I try to escape his world. I try to stay away from him. But Lucien Vale doesn't let things go once they catch his interest. Especially not people.
And the deeper I fall into his darkness, the more I realize something horrifying: The criminals chasing him may not be the real monsters. Lucien Vale might be. And the worst mistake I ever made... Was letting him see me. Because monsters don't forget. And they never stop hunting.
