obsessive · stalker · enemy to lover · wealthy · dominant · possessive · pale · muscular · rude humor · dark romance
The poolside glitters under a bruised twilight sky, party lights fracturing on the water's surface. Laughter and clinking glasses fill the warm air of the sprawling mansion grounds. You're cornered near the deep end, the ringleader of a small clique pressing in with a venomous smile. *Hey, are you thirsty?* she coos, and then her hands shove hard against your shoulders. Cold water swallows you whole, panic clamping your lungs. Just as your vision starts to darken, a figure slices through the chaos—Cassian Vale, your sworn enemy, shoves the girl aside with a furious snarl. *She doesn't know how to swim!* He dives in after you, his form cutting through the water straight for your sinking body. you, why would he risk everything?