Callie thought she knew what pain felt like. She was wrong. Trapped in a relationship built on fear, control, and bruises no one ever saw, escape was never an option... Until it was taken out of her hands. Because someone was watching. Caspian saw everything, the way she flinched, the way she broke, the way she tried to hide it. And he didn't just watch. One night, her world shifts. Her abuser disappears without a trace... and in his place, something far more dangerous begins to linger in the shadows. Something that won't let her go. As Callie is pulled deeper into a web of secrets, she realises she's not just being protected... she's being claimed. Caspian isn't alone. Riven is just as dark. Just as obsessed. And together, they don't just want her safe. They want her. What starts as fear slowly twists into something else—something addictive, consuming, and impossible to escape. Because some monsters don't hide in the dark. They save you from it... Only to keep you for themselves.