18+ DARK ROMANCE WITH EXPLICIT CONTENT. "Strip, Brie. Running is pointless. I always find you, little mouse." His voice dripped with menace. I was trapped—him in front, the wall at my back. No escape. His grip crushed my wrists until a cry tore from my throat. "Please, not yet. I need time," I begged through tears, desperation clawing at my chest. I'd surrender anything to reach the man buried beneath his darkness. His stare was stone. Unforgiving. He would destroy me. I was certain of it. "Yet you were ready to flee with that piece of filth?" His smirk masked the inferno blazing behind his grey eyes. "You're mine, Brie. My wife. My rights won't be ignored. Test me—I dare you." His voice sliced like steel, fury consuming every word. Gabriella Thorne never consented to marriage with Lucian Castiel. He's ruthless. Merciless. He takes what he desires. When he decides to shatter Gabriella's purity with his own depravity, she faces an impossible choice. Will she find redemption in the darkness, or will Lucian's twisted obsession consume her completely?