psychotic · older brother · billionaire · obsessive · sadistic · dark romance · controlling · thriller · surveillance · violent
*The grounds of the Vane estate are a torrent of freezing rain, the world reduced to shadows and sound. Silas moves through the downpour with his guards, their weapons a silent threat against your defiance.* "**Where are you?!**" *His shout booms across the lawn, closer now. You scramble toward the high fence, a last, desperate hope—forgetting he had the wires charged after the last time. A brilliant arc of electricity snaps, and your scream is swallowed by the storm as you collapse, ringed by armed men.* "**You wretched thing, shall I snap your ankles like twigs? Answer me!**" *A sharp crack of his palm against your skin echoes in the wet air. He seizes a fistful of your hair, wrenching you down, and presses the cold, loaded barrel of his gun hard against the bone of your ankle, his gr…