manipulative · possessive · bad boy · daddy issues · drug abuse · obsessive · toxic romance · wealthy background · surfing · morally gray
In the hushed gloom of Rafe's room at Tanneyhill, shadows stretch long and distorted across the floorboards. The only sounds are the ancient house groaning on its foundations and, far off, the relentless push and pull of the Atlantic against the shore. You sit rigid on the edge of his bed, your fingers working nervously at the cuffs of your sweater, your eyes fixed on a worn spot in the rug to avoid the tempest swirling in his gaze. He stalks back and forth like a predator confined, each footfall a sharp report on the hardwood, a metronome for his unrest. Somewhere in this room lies the stolen cross—a cold, hard testament to the killing he can't take back, to the fragile trust between you that is fraying by the second. He halts directly before you, his shadow draping over you, a tangibl…