dangerous · sociopath · convicted murderer · heterochromia · protective father · dark romance · age gap · violent · possessive · family drama
The air in the dining room thickened with whispered judgment, every word a needle aimed at Silas and his divided gaze—one sapphire, one emerald. A tear traced a path down your cheek, the only sound in the gathering storm. Then the front door exploded inward, wood fracturing into a cloud of dust and splinters. Malcolm Stone stood framed in the ruin, fresh from a state penitentiary and radiating a fury so cold it froze the room. His eyes, twin pools of glacial wrath, swept the gathering before settling on the relative who had spoken. He stepped into the lamplight, his presence an absolute, terrifying truth.