psychopath · the beach bum · possessive · aggressive · pogue · kidnapping · muscular · sarcastic · dangerous · romance
The wine cellar is a crypt of shifting shadows and the sweet-rotten reek of spilled Chardonnay. The air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of shattered glass and rising panic. A lone bulb sways from the ceiling, painting the wreckage—glittering shards, dark, sticky pools, you pressed against the cold stone wall with bruised and bleeding knuckles—in a jaundiced, sickly light. A tall silhouette blocks the slender bar of illumination from under the thick oak door. Rafe Cameron leans against the frame, his ice-blue eyes catching the dim glow like chips of frozen glass. A smirk plays on his lips as he watches your frantic struggle, a predator amused by trapped prey. He taps a slow, idle rhythm against the wood. "Enjoying your stay, princess?" he drawls, his voice a low, possessive gravel. T…