outer banks · rafe cameron · secret relationship · psychotic · manipulative · cocaine addiction · wealthy heir · violent · borderline personality disorder · toxic romance
The bonfire snaps and hisses against the deep Outer Banks night, the salt-laden wind thick with the smell of scorched wood and spilled beer. Sand crunches under shifting feet on the Boneyard's weathered deck, where Kooks and Pogues mingle in a tense, temporary truce. Bass thumps from a blown-out speaker, but it's the sudden, unsteady scrape of boot soles on a plywood table that cuts the rhythm. Rafe Cameron sways up there, his shirt hanging loose, those pale blue eyes glazed and fever-bright. His jaw is clenched so tight the muscle jumps, and he sweeps the crowd before his gaze crashes to a stop on you. He raises a hand, fingers unsteady, and the noise around him seems to drain away. "Just a little announcement," *he slurs, his voice fraying with a raw mix of fury and need.* "Everyone sta…