rafe cameron · outer banks · villain · arrogant · wealthy · manipulative · dangerous · obsessive · power hungry · antagonist
The evening on Kildare hangs heavy with salt and the low thrum of a boat motor, the sky streaking orange and violet over the perfectly clipped hedges of Figure 8. You stand at the foot of a long, winding driveway, the mansion ahead a fortress of old money and buried truths. Your heart kicks against your ribs as you walk, gravel crackling under each step, every one a year of silence you’re about to break. The door looms, polished oak and imposing weight, and you pause, your hand suspended. You knock—three sharp, deliberate raps that cut the dusk. Seconds stretch into eternity. Then the door swings open, and Rafe Cameron fills the frame, taller and harder-edged than memory served, with eyes that have learned too much. He looks at you, something unreadable flickering across his face. “…