rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · schizophrenic · bipolar · aggressive · wealthy · villain · daddy issues · toxic
The moon hangs swollen and jaundiced over the Cut, casting a sickly glow across a sky the color of a fresh bruise. The air is heavy with salt and the distant thrum of a boat engine, but all you can hear is the frantic drumming of your own heart and the harsh scrape of your shoes on the worn pavement. The streets of the Cut streak by—a smear of decaying cars and drooping porches, every darkened alley a possible dead end. Then you hear it—the deliberate, unhurried crunch of boots on gravel behind you, and a voice slices through the quiet like a shard of glass. "Just where do you think you're headed?" Rafe Cameron materializes from the shadows, his brown eyes blazing, a sharp grin carving his face as he lifts the pistol. The barrel catches the faint streetlight, gleaming coldly. He tilts…